Australian and New Zealand. A sheep whose wool is beginning to fall off naturally, and which is therefore easy to shear.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined in relation to shearing (4) rosella1849 Australian and New Zealand. A sheep whose wool is beginning to fall off naturally, and which is therefore easy to shear. woolly1910 A sheep; esp. (Australian and New Zealand) one before shearing. U.S., Australian, and New Zealand colloquial. catch1933 Australian and New Zealand. Sheep-shearing. A sheep taken by a shearer from the catching pen; spec. one taken just before the end of the run, so… snob1945 The last sheep to be sheared; hence, the roughest or most difficult sheep to shear; = cobbler, n. 1b. Australian and New Zealand slang. |
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