fat-tailed sheep

[ fat-teyld ]

noun

1. one of a class of sheep with much fat along the sides of the tail bones, raised for their meat and widely distributed in southeast Europe, northern Africa, and Asia.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fat-tailed sheep¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

The fat-tailed sheep, goats and swine have also been naturalized, as well as all kinds of domestic poultry.

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The central section is famed as a grazing land for camels, ponies, cows, and fat-tailed sheep.

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The Cape or fat-tailed sheep is a leggy, active animal, with a hairy skin, bred solely for the butcher.

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Some of the wealthy steppe nomads own as many as 20,000 of the large fat-tailed sheep.

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Long lines of the Syrian fat-tailed sheep, black goats, and small red oxen covered the plain.

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