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sheeplike — sheep ► NOUN (pl. same) 1) a domesticated ruminant mammal with a thick woolly coat, kept in flocks for its wool or meat. 2) a person who is too easily influenced or led. 3) a member of a minister s congregation. ● make sheep s eyes at Cf. ↑make… … English terms dictionary
sheeplike — adjective like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑sheepish • Similar to: ↑docile * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective (or adverb) : like a sheep especially in meekness, docility, or stupidity … Useful english dictionary
blue sheep — bharal. * * * ▪ mammal also called bharal either of two species of sheeplike mammals (mammal), family Bovidae (bovid) (order Artiodactyla (artiodactyl)), that inhabit upland slopes in a wide range throughout China, from Inner Mongolia to… … Universalium
sheep|like — «SHEEP LYK», adjective, adverb. –adj. meek; submissive; sheepish: »sheeplike conformity. –adv. meekly; submissively: »... stoops your pride And leads your glories sheeplike to the sword (Christopher Marlowe) … Useful english dictionary
Ammotragus lervia — Aoudad A ou*dad, n. [The Moorish name.] (Zo[ o]l.) An African sheeplike quadruped (the {Ammotragus lervia}, formerly {Ammotragus tragelaphus}) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs; the wild sheep of northern Africa; called also {Barbary … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ammotragus tragelaphus — Aoudad A ou*dad, n. [The Moorish name.] (Zo[ o]l.) An African sheeplike quadruped (the {Ammotragus lervia}, formerly {Ammotragus tragelaphus}) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs; the wild sheep of northern Africa; called also {Barbary … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Aoudad — A ou*dad, n. [The Moorish name.] (Zo[ o]l.) An African sheeplike quadruped (the {Ammotragus lervia}, formerly {Ammotragus tragelaphus}) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs; the wild sheep of northern Africa; called also {Barbary sheep} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Barbary sheep — Aoudad A ou*dad, n. [The Moorish name.] (Zo[ o]l.) An African sheeplike quadruped (the {Ammotragus lervia}, formerly {Ammotragus tragelaphus}) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs; the wild sheep of northern Africa; called also {Barbary … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ewe — ([=u]), n. [AS. e[ o]wu; akin to D. ooi, OHG. awi, ouwi, Icel. [ae]r, Goth. aw[=e][thorn]i a flock of sheep, awistr a sheepfold, Lith. avis a sheep, L. ovis, Gr. o i:s, Skr. avi. [root]231.] (Zo[ o]l.) The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Henrik Ibsen — Ibsen redirects here. For other people named Ibsen, see Ibsen (disambiguation). Infobox Writer name = Henrik Ibsen birthname = Henrik Johan Ibsen caption = pseudonym = Brynjolf Bjarme (early works) birthdate = birth date|df=yes|1828|3|20… … Wikipedia
