noun
any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin
• Syn: ↑Ovis aries
• Hypernyms: ↑sheep
• Hyponyms:
↑Cotswold, ↑Hampshire, ↑Hampshire down, ↑Lincoln, ↑Exmoor, ↑Cheviot, ↑broadtail, ↑caracul, ↑karakul, ↑longwool, ↑merino, ↑merino sheep, ↑Rambouillet
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ovis, ↑genus Ovis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.