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Roche Moutonnee :: Roche moutonnee () See Sheepback.

Argali :: Argali (n.) A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or O. argali), remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central Asia..

Lungworm :: Lungworm (n.) Any one of several species of parasitic nematoid worms which infest the lungs and air passages of cattle, sheep, and other animals, often proving fatal. The lungworm of cattle (Strongylus micrurus) and that of sheep (S. filaria) are the best known..

Cotswold :: Cotswold (n.) An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England..

Sheep-shearing :: Sheep-shearing (n.) Act of shearing sheep.

Glanders :: Glanders (n.) A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings..

Tagsore :: Tagsore (n.) Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact with the feces; -- called also tagbelt.

Nayaur :: Nayaur (n.) A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepaul and Thibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck..

Trotter :: Trotter (n.) The foot of an animal, especially that of a sheep; also, humorously, the human foot..

Drover :: Drover (n.) One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market..

Lamb :: Lamb (n.) The young of the sheep.

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..

Bane :: Bane (n.) A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot..

Blast :: Blast (n.) A flatulent disease of sheep.

Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep..

Fold :: Fold (n.) A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold..

Oestrus :: Oestrus (n.) A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis.

Teg :: Teg (n.) A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year..

Sheep''s-eye :: Sheep's-eye (n.) A modest, diffident look; a loving glance; -- commonly in the plural..

Stray :: Stray (v. i.) Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep..

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