The domestic sheep (Ovis aries), the most common species of the sheep genus (Ovis), is a woolly ruminantquadruped. It is probably descended from the wild mouflon of South Asia and Southwest Asia. Female sheep are referred to as ewes, intact males as rams, castrated males as wethers, yearlings as hoggets, and younger sheep as lambs. In sheep husbandry, a group of sheep is called a herd, flock or mob. Sheep husbandry has a vast lexicon of terms, which varies frequently with region.
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Noun 1. any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin (synonym) Ovis aries (hypernym) sheep (hyponym) Cotswold (member-holonym) Ovis, genus Ovis (part-meronym) mouton, mutton
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