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Meaning of "hair sheep" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HAIR SHEEP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAIR SHEEP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hair sheep is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HAIR SHEEP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hair sheep in the English dictionary

The definition of hair sheep in the dictionary is any variety of sheep growing hair instead of wool, yielding hides with a finer and tougher grain than those of wool sheep.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAIR SHEEP

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WORDS THAT END LIKE HAIR SHEEP

asleep
Barbary sheep
bell sheep
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cheep
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Jacob sheep
Jeep
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Stone sheep
Stone´s sheep
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Synonyms and antonyms of hair sheep in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hair sheep» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAIR SHEEP

Find out the translation of hair sheep to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hair sheep from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hair sheep» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

粗毛羊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ovejas de pelo
570 millions of speakers

English

hair sheep
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाल भेड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شعر الأغنام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

волосы овец
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ovinos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চুল ভেড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

moutons cheveux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Domba rambut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Haarschafe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

毛の羊
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

머리 양
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wedhus wulu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tóc cừu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முடி ஆடுகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केस मेंढी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Saç koyunu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pecore capelli
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

owiec włosy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

волосся овець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oi păr
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαλλιά προβάτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hare skape
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hår får
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hår sauer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hair sheep

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAIR SHEEP»

The term «hair sheep» is normally little used and occupies the 140.635 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAIR SHEEP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hair sheep» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hair sheep» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hair sheep

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAIR SHEEP»

Discover the use of hair sheep in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hair sheep and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hair sheep of western Africa and the Americas: a genetic ...
Hair sheep: a general description. Productivity of hair sheep and opprtunities. Pelibuey sheep in Mexico. Reproduction in Peliguey sheep. African sheep in Colombia. Commercial Hair Sheep Production in a semiarid Region of Vnezuela.
H. A. Fitzhugh, Gordon Eric Bradford, 1983
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Hair Sheep Production in Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions: ...
The place and potential for sheep em tropical and subtropical regions; Available genetic resources: the origin and classification of the world's sheep; Improvement programs; Nutrient requirement of hair sheep in tropical and subtropical ...
Maurice Shelton, Elsio Antônio Pereira Figueiredo, 1990
3
Sheep & Goat Medicine
Hair and Skin in Hair Sheep Breeds Normal shedding — Hair sheep (Barbados, Gulf Coast Native) shed their winter coat in spring. Pruritus — Mange, allergy, and scrapie are three common causes of pruritus. Hair loss — Ringworm, mange,  ...
David G. Pugh, 2002
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Handbook for Raising Small Numbers of Sheep
Hair sheep are descended from the hair sheep of Africa, which do not produce a fleece (the whole coat of wool shorn from a sheep) and therefore do not require shearing. Katahdin is an American breed of hair sheep developed in Maine from  ...
Edmond C. Loomis, 2002
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Modern Livestock & Poultry Production
Hair Sheep Breeds Barbados Blackbelly The Barbados Blackbelly originated on the island of Barbados in the Caribbean. The breed likely originated from crosses of African hair sheep with wool sheep from Europe. The Barbados Blackbelly ...
James Gillespie, Frank Flanders, 2009
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The Archaeology of Africa: Food, Metals and Towns
Thin-tailed hair sheep Hair sheep are the most widespread race in Africa (Fig. 5.4 ) and almost certainly were the first to be introduced as they are the only type well adapted to high—rainfall tropical forest (ILCA 1979; Adu 8c Ngere 1979).
Bassey Andah, Alex Okpoko, Thurstan Shaw, 2014
7
Changes in the Sheep Industry in the United States:: Making ...
Population numbers of hair sheep and their crosses are not collected by USDA; however, an indication of their popularity can be determined by examination of purebred registrations (Deakin, 2007). From 1997 to 2006, the total number of ...
Committee on the Economic Development and Current Status of the Sheep Industry in the United States, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, 2008
8
How to Raise Sheep: Everything You Need to Know
Hair sheep production may be one option that is attractive to you. It is estimated that about 10 percent of the world's sheep population is hair sheep. Although it is a small market in the United States, it is a growing one. Specializing in the ...
Philip Hasheider, 2014
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The Gourmet Butcher's Guide to Meat: How to Source it ...
Hair sheep are used primarily for meat and hides. They generally produce lean, excel- lent meat with no “muttony” taste. There are two categories of hair sheep: true hair sheep and shedding sheep. True hair sheep reflect their original ...
Cole Ward, 2014
10
Issues in Life Sciences: Bacteriology, Parasitology, and ...
(2010 NOV 9) Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Blacksburg: Differences in immune parameters are associated with resistance to Haemonchus contortus in Caribbean hair sheep A report, 'Differences in immune parameters are ...
‎2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAIR SHEEP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hair sheep is used in the context of the following news items.
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Field trip to the farm in New Virginia
... floppy-eared kids, hair sheep and their lambs, laying hens with their cackling, and baby chicks that will grow up to provide meat and eggs. «Osceola Sentinel Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Farm field day set for July 22
The Elders rotationally graze 75 commercial cows along with Dorper & Kathadhin hair sheep. Grazing begins in mid-April and runs through ... «The Herald, Jul 15»
3
Ag briefs, 6/28/15
29 will start early with a chuck wagon breakfast followed by concurrent sessions featuring wool breeds, hair sheep, club lamb production and ... «San Angelo Standard Times, Jun 15»
4
Family, high-quality food drivers of Ninepatch dream
Craig Carlson grazes multiple species of livestock, including hair sheep and Galloway beef cattle shown behind him. He direct-markets a highly ... «Agri-View, Jun 15»
5
Major sheep, goat events set Aug. 28-29 in San Angelo
29 will start early with a chuck wagon breakfast followed by concurrent sessions featuring wool breeds, hair sheep, club lamb production and ... «AgriLife Today, Jun 15»
6
'Exploding demand' for grass-fed meat is saving lamb market and …
Hers are Katahdin Hair Sheep, first developed in Maine and prized for their prolific lambing and easy-care characteristics. Second, the absence ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
7
Rare, Centuries-Old New Mexico Sheep Breed Back From The Brink
The fur of a hair sheep grows straight and soft, not nearly as dense as that of a wool sheep, and it also naturally stops growing. It's not much ... «Modern Farmer, Jun 15»
8
A Man Named Chicken Gave Me An Education in Lamb
If the tag were blue it would mean it was a full-bred Katahdin and that it was registered with Katahdin Hair Sheep International. Despite his kind ... «Munchies_ Food by VICE, Jun 15»
9
Ruth Correll: The Wool Pool
Do not bring shearings from “hair sheep” from either purebred or crossbred “hair sheep.” Hair will not be accepted. It is important to maintain the ... «Lebanon Democrat, Jun 15»
10
Sheep return to Upper Dublin
Katahdin sheep are a breed of hair sheep, rather than wool, bred originally in Maine by an amateur geneticist looking to use sheep to graze ... «Montgomery Newspapers, Jun 15»

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