fat-tailed sheep

American  

[fat-tayld] / ˈfætˌteɪld /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of fat-tailed sheep

First recorded in 1835–45

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fat-tailed sheep

Nomad Kuchis seek fresh pasture land for their camels and fat-tailed sheep on the desolate plateaus, as chill winds whistle down from the snowy summits of the 600-mile-long range of the Hindu Kush.

From Time Magazine Archive

With regard to tails, no breed has these appendages so developed as the broad or fat-tailed sheep.

From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by William Harvey

For Pallas on the fat-tailed sheep I quote from Anderson's account of the 'Sheep of Russia' 1794 page 34.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 by Charles Darwin

In the distance herds of horses and cattle grouped themselves into moving patches, and fat-tailed sheep dotted the plain like drifts of snow.

From Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Roy Chapman Andrews

He looked in the valley: there were the pilgrims’ booths, the grazing camels and fat-tailed sheep.

From Mary Magdalen by Edgar Saltus

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