Sheep
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sheep-176-6641896
title:
Sheep
text:
Sheep or domestic sheep are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term sheep can apply to other species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated sheep. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Numbering a little over one billion, domestic sheep are also the most numerous species of sheep. An adult female is referred to as a ewe, an intact male as a ram, occasionally a tup, a c
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Domesticated ruminant bred for meat, wool, and milk
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep
date created:
2002-02-25T15:43:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T15:14:07Z
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