domestic sheep

noun

Ovis aries, domesticated sheep kept as livestock

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Meanings

noundomestic sheep (plural domestic sheep)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

French mouton domestique
  • mouton domestiqueOvis aries
German Hausschaf
  • HausschafOvis aries
Russian овца́
  • овца́ (ovcá)Ovis aries
Swedish tamfår
  • tamfårOvis aries
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APA

domestic sheep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domestic%20sheep

MLA

“domestic sheep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domestic%20sheep. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “domestic sheep,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domestic%20sheep.

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