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PRONUNCIATION OF SCOTTISH BLACKFACE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCOTTISH BLACKFACE

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Scottish Blackface is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SCOTTISH BLACKFACE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Scottish Blackface

Scottish Blackface

The Scottish Blackface is the most common breed of domestic sheep in the United Kingdom. This tough and adaptable breed is often found in the more exposed locations, such as the Scottish Highlands or roaming on the moors of Dartmoor. It is also known as Blackfaced Highland, Kerry, Linton, Scottish Mountain, Scottish Highland, Scotch Blackface and Scotch Horn. Blackfaces are horned in both sexes, and as their name suggests, they usually have a black face, and black legs. This breed is primarily raised for meat.

Definition of Scottish Blackface in the English dictionary

The definition of Scottish Blackface in the dictionary is a common breed of hardy mountain sheep having horns and a black face, kept chiefly on the mainland of Scotland.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCOTTISH BLACKFACE

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Scottish terrier
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SCOTTISH BLACKFACE

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Synonyms and antonyms of Scottish Blackface in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Scottish Blackface» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCOTTISH BLACKFACE

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

Translator English - Chinese

苏格兰扮黑人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Scottish Blackface
570 millions of speakers

English

Scottish Blackface
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्कॉटलैंड के काले चेहरे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاسكتلندي المكياج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шотландский Blackface
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Scottish Blackface
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্কটিশ ব্ল্যাকফস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Blackface écossais
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scottish Blackface
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Scottish Blackface
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スコットランドのブラックフェース
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스코틀랜드 검게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scottish Blackface
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Blackface Scotland
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்காட்டிஷ் பிளாக்ஃபேஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्कॉटिश ब्लॅकफेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İskoç Blackface
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Scottish Blackface
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Szkocki Blackface
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шотландський Blackface
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Scottish aldin
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Scottish Blackface
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Skotse Zwartkop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Scottish Blackface
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Scottish Blackface
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Scottish Blackface

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCOTTISH BLACKFACE»

The term «Scottish Blackface» is used very little and occupies the 158.491 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCOTTISH BLACKFACE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Scottish Blackface

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCOTTISH BLACKFACE»

Discover the use of Scottish Blackface in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Scottish Blackface and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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生态学: 关于变化中的地球
An egg is taken from a Scottish Blackface sheep and its nucleus is removed, emptying the egg of its genetic material. The nucleus from the Finn Dorset cell is inserted into the "empty" egg. The egg, which has never been fertilized, is placed  ...
布什, 2003
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Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and ...
Baumshire, North, North Country, North Halfbred, Scottish Halfbred Scotch Horn: see Scottish Blackface Scotch Mule: (Scotland)/mottled brown face; pd/Bluefaced Leicester X Scottish Blackface, F1/BS 1986 Scottish Blackface: (Scotland and N ...
Valerie Porter, 2002
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New Thinking About Genetics
M-IMMMJMJ\'nbwi sfl~~p “an” Dolly the sheep was successfully cloned in 1996 by fusing the nucleus from a mammary-gland cell of a Finn Dorset ewe into an enucleated egg cell taken from a Scottish Blackface ewe. Carried to term in the ...
Britannica Educational Publishing, Rogers, Kara, 2010
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The Second Creation: Dolly and the Age of Biological Control
In our Dolly experiment, we created an embryo by transferring genes from a Finn- Dorset into the egg of a Scottish Blackface, then transferred the embryo into the womb of another Scottish Blackface, and then kept the surrogate mother in ...
Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell, Colin Tudge, 2001
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The Welfare of Sheep
The cold resistance, or the ability to withstand hypothermia, of shorn adult sheep demonstrates significant variation with Scottish Blackface and Tasma- nian Merinos representing two of the most and least resistant breeds, respectively ( Terrill ...
‎2008
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Mineral Nutrition of Livestock
Proof came when sire selection for high and low plasma copper within a cross between breeds of relatively high (Welsh Mountain) and low (Scottish Blackface) status produced two lines that matched the copper sta— tus of the respective ...
N. F. Suttle, 2010
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Genetic Engineering: Modern Progress Or Future Peril?
Next, they took an egg from another breed of sheep, called a Scottish Blackface. The nucleus (which contains DNA) was then removed from the Scottish Blackface sheep's egg. Finn Dorset sheep and Scottish Blackface sheep have very ...
Linda Tagliaferro, 2009
8
Biotechnology 101
Finn Dorset Scottish Blackface Egg Remove nucleus Remove cells from udder Cells in culture Cell Fusion Cell with nucleus Scottish Blackface egg cell with DNA from Finn Dorset Early embryo Implant embryo into surrogate female Scottish ...
Brian Shmaefsky, 2006
9
Improving the Sensory and Nutritional Quality of Fresh Meat
(1994) examined the changes that occurred in the lipid content of the adipose tissue and fatty acid profiles of subcutaneous fat from lines of Texel– Oxford and Scottish Blackface rams that had been divergently selected for carcass lean content ...
Joseph P. Kerry, David Ledward, 2009
10
Advanced Biology for You
the developing embryo was implanted into the uterus of another Scottish Blackface ewe after 148 days the pregnant Scottish Blackface ewe gave birth to Dolly, a Finn Dorset lamb that was genetically identical to the original Finn Dorset donor ...
Gareth Williams, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCOTTISH BLACKFACE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Scottish Blackface is used in the context of the following news items.
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Renowned Blackface and Charolais breeder win Sir William Young …
The renowned Scottish Blackface and Charolais breeder, Archie MacGregor of Allanfauld, Kilsyth is the 2015 recipient of one of the livestock industry's most ... «Farming Life, Jul 15»
2
Skill and patience of patchwork quilting
She was famous in the area as a shepherdess and was an expert breeder of Scottish Blackface Sheep. She tended her flock on a pony and worked until in her ... «Malton and Pickering Mercury, Jul 15»
3
Shearing: Scots beat Kiwis in first test at Lochearnhead
The New Zealand shearing team has had a narrow loss to Scotland less than 48 hours after ... Scottish Blackface Open Championship final: Hamish Mitchell ... «Voxy, Jun 15»
4
Hastings shearer fought an exciting battle for time honours in the UK.
The New Zealand shearing team has had a narrow loss to Scotland less than 48 hours after ... Scottish Blackface Open Championship final: Hamish Mitchell ... «All About Hawke's Bay, Jun 15»
5
The Turcana and Other Valachians
The similarity of the Turcana with the better-known Scottish blackface is often noted. Dark markings frequently surround the eyes and lips, and may also occur ... «Scientific American, Apr 15»
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My Farming Week: Gary Norris, Glendalligan, Co Waterford
Gary Norris, Glendalligan, Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford is pictured training his Border Collie, "Snow" to round sheep using some of his Scottish Blackface ewes. «Irish Farmers Journal, Aug 14»
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Strawberry Plains farm feels a little bit like Scotland
Breeder is one of only about 20 in the country raising Scottish blackface sheep. ... A farm tucked in to the corner of Jefferson County feels a little bit like Scotland. «WBIR-TV, Jul 14»
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Highlands a tough breeding ground
He is from near Durness in the far northwestern part of Scotland. ... Scotland I saw hundreds of sheep, leicesters, cheviots, scottish blackface and a few texels. «Stuff.co.nz, Oct 13»
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Away Game Hitting It Straits
Hitting It Straits. Away Game: Playing It Straits. You might discover that you have a lot in common with the Scottish blackface sheep that roam Whistling Straits. «GolfDigest.com, May 10»
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Sarah Franklin's Unpredictable Sheep Story
The Scottish Blackface recipient egg cells had their nuclei removed, so the Finn Dorset mammary cells “supplied 100 percent of the nuclear DNA for the resulting ... «Bookslut, Mar 08»

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