wild sheep

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• "If Els was raised by wild sheep or rabbits, how did she learn to make stone tools and fire-hardened spear points?" I asked with undisguised sarcasm.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Not to forget, of course, that bisons, antelopes, deer, wild sheep, and basically any ruminants produce methane very probably too.

  Blog text (15)

• We are to hunt wild sheep tomorrow.

  Shalako (1968)

• In some areas, the wild sheep known as mouflon serve as a chief prey item for wolves.

  Academic text (1996)

• The image of the wild sheep is similar to decorations found on high-status Achaemenid drinking horns.

  Academic text (2002)

• Mouflon, the wild sheep, on the other hand, were expert climbers and used steep terrain to escape, but they could not dig through the snow that piled up.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Luckily for wolves, the area boasts plentiful wild prey: red deer, roe deer, the wild sheep known as mouflon, and wild boars.

  Academic text (1996)

• The hunters might have stalked wild sheep under the cover of their pelt cloaks, smelling like sheep themselves and calling to each other with bleat-like words.

  Fiction book (2002)

• In the rugged terrain, the wild sheep can easily escape predators due to their keen senses.

• Wild sheep, such as mouflons, adapt well to harsh climates and find food in difficult environments.

Synonyms

W

wild animal

vswild sheep

64 1.0

An animal that lives in nature and is not kept by people

is limited to one wild grazing mammal species rather than any species

Antonyms

D

domestic sheep

1.6

A farm animal kept for its wool, meat, or skin

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology