domestic sheep
- noun
- /dəˈmɛstɪk ʃip/
:
oveja doméstica
- A flock of domestic sheep grazed peacefully in the sunlit pasture.
Examples
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As mildlymagnificent said, llamas are a great deterrent to coyote predation on domestic sheep and other livestock.
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It appears that international transport of infected domestic sheep spread the parasite across parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
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The remains of domestic sheep continued to be the most common ingredient.
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And because, you know, they can't, these domestic sheep can't protect themselves.
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Two forms of malignant catarrhal fever exist, one in domestic sheep and one in African wildebeests.
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Any contact with domestic sheep can lead to runaway outbreaks of scabies and pneumonia, infections for which the bighorns have no natural immunity.
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Farmers raise domestic sheep for their valuable wool and meat.
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In many regions, domestic sheep are an important source of income for local communities.
Synonyms
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A farm animal with thick wool raised for meat, milk or wool
A farm animal with thick wool kept for meat, wool, and skin
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: the adjective 'domestic' (domesticated/for human use) modifies 'sheep', yielding 'sheep that are domesticated or kept by humans'. There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift and the adjectival modification pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can readily derive the meaning.
Etymology
Domestic sheep comes from the idea of sheep kept near the home. The word domestic means 'at home' or 'tame', and sheep are animals raised for 'wool', 'meat', or 'skin', so the name shows these are the tame animals people keep on farms today.