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Sheep

Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.

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Bovid 76% connected

Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus Bos is the type.

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Follower 76% connected

One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.

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Simple 76% connected

Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

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Simpleton 76% connected

A person of weak intellect; a silly person.

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Ewe 76% connected

The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals.

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Ram 76% connected

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

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Tup 76% connected

To butt, as a ram does.

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Wether 76% connected

A castrated ram.

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Flock 70% connected

A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and othe…

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Fold 70% connected

To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

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Herd 70% connected

Haired.

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Trotter 70% connected

One that trots; especially, a horse trained to be driven in trotting matches.

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Withers 70% connected

The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse.

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Battle noun · 78% connection

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he…

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Engagement noun · 78% connection

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he…

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Feed verb · 78% connection

introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"

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Feed in verb · 78% connection

introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"

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Fight noun · 78% connection

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he…

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Hashtag noun · 78% connection

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Influencer noun · 78% connection

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Network noun · 78% connection

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Post noun · 78% connection

an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the ground and stru…

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Analogue noun · 78% connection

A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…

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Argali noun · 78% connection

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

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Arnica noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants; also, the most important species (Arnica montana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medicine as a narcoti…

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Badger noun · 78% connection

A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on…

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Blueberry noun · 78% connection

The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minut…

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Cervus noun · 78% connection

A genus of ruminants, including the red deer and other allied species.

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Crocodile noun · 78% connection

A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the larg…

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Dahlia noun · 78% connection

any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower h…

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Francolin noun · 78% connection

A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly commo…

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Galatian adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. -- A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who set…

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Garfish noun · 78% connection

One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T.…

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Genus noun · 78% connection

An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they…

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Goat noun · 78% connection

any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns

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Hornbill noun · 78% connection

Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical pa…

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Horse-chestnut noun · 78% connection

The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate z…

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Ichneumon noun · 78% connection

Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian spec…

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Jasmine noun · 78% connection

any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia

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Kangaroo noun · 78% connection

Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands…

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