| 单词 | kent sheep |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKent sheep In full, Kent sheep. (See quot. 1957.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of > Romney Romney Marsh1742 Romney1771 Kent1809 1809 D. Price Syst. Sheep-grazing Romney Marsh iv. 186 The New Leicester breed..were ripe for the slaughter-house in April, whereas the South Down and the Kents would not be so till the latter end of the summer. 1809 D. Price Syst. Sheep-grazing Romney Marsh iv. 201 The Kent sheep being 65 lb. lighter than the Leicesters..makes the gainings of the Kent sheep in the whole 152 lb. of mutton. 1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. Pl. lxix (caption) Romney Marsh or Kent Sheep. 1894 Country Gentlemen's Catal. 52/1 Sheep—Kent or Romney Marsh. Bred by owner. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XX. 476/1 The Romney is a long-coarse-wool, white-face, hardy, polled sheep that originated in Kent, Eng. It is sometimes called the Kent or the Romney Marsh. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 8 Mar. 15/1 Grassland types [of sheep] include..Greyface and Kent. 1972 Country Life 16 Mar. 607/1 The sheep..can break down organo~phosphates by blood enzymes. Among Dorset Downs 3 per cent could do this efficiently..and among Kent 37 per cent. < as lemmas |
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