fat-tailed sheep

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(fat′tāld′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fat′-tailed sheep′  (fat′tāld′),USA pronunciation 
  1. Animal Husbandryone 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.
  • 1835–45

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