mountain sheepn.

Brit.

/ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈʃiːp/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌʃip/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mountain n., sheep n.

Etymology: < mountain n. + sheep n.

1. gen. Any of various breeds of sheep developed for mountainous country; a sheep of such a breed. Also: any sheep kept in a mountainous region.Welsh mountain sheep: see Welsh adj. and n. Compounds 1c.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by habitat

mountain sheep1596

fold1669

heath-cropper1819

bush-sheep1870

1596 A. Copley Fig for Fortune 12 To be continually a mountain-sheep Is Cockrell-like, it is a dung-hill braue.

1775 J. Langhorne Country Justice ii. 17 Destin'd here to keep A small Detachment of his Mountain-Sheep.

1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes Elphin xi. 141 The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter.

1910 W. de la Mare Three Mulla-mulgars 17 The little coat of mountain-sheep's wool.

1975 Country Life 9 Oct. 942/1 The Castlemartin range..is..a custom-built wintering ground for mountain sheep.

1999 J. Joseph Sel. Poems 30 You..ignored the ravine Where the mountain sheep had died.

2. North American. Either of two similar North American wild sheep, the bighorn or Rocky Mountain sheep, Ovis canadensis, and the Dall sheep, O. dalli.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > ovis canadensis (bighorn)

mountain rama1625

mountain sheep1802

bighorn1805

Rocky Mountain sheep1812

cimarron1850

Rocky Mountain bighorn1860

mountain buffalo1868

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > ovis dalli (dall sheep)

mountain sheep1802

mountain buffalo1868

1802 D. McGillivray in Med. Repository (1803) 6 240 The mountain ram, or sheep, though not very often seen, is to be met with, in considerable numbers, in some parts of the mountains.

1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. iii. 69 This animal is commonly called the mountain sheep, and is often confounded with another animal, the ‘woolly sheep’ found more to the northward.

1846 R. B. Sage Scenes Rocky Mts. xiv. 121 In size the mountain sheep is larger than the domestic animal of that name, and its general appearance is in every respect dissimilar—excepting the head and horns.

1918 T. Roosevelt in Maine my State (Maine Writers Res. Club) (1919) 21 We had a couple of antelope and a yearling mountain sheep.

1947 Trail & Timberline Feb. 15/2 We saw moose, bear, caribou, mountain (Dall) sheep, and wolves almost every trip.

1992 H. N. Schwarzkopf It doesn't take Hero xii. 202 Brenda and I bought the obligatory second freezer, which was soon jammed with..roasts from moose and mountain sheep.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

b. With qualifying word denoting the species as African, broad-tailed, Rocky Mountain, wild (see argali n., mouflon n., musmon n.). Also applied to other genera, as †Indian sheep the llama or vicuña (see also Peruvian sheep n. at Peruvian n.¹ and adj. Compounds 1b); mountain sheep, the ibex.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > genus Lama (llama)

llama1600

Indian sheep1604

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > genus Vicugna

Indian sheep1604

vicuña1604

vigogne1660

vigonia1834

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > genus Capra > capra ibex (European ibex)

stonebuckc1000

rock-goat1574

eveck1585

stambuck1591

ibex1607

rock-buck1681

steinbock1695

bouquetin1783

mountain sheep1807

stonebuck1855

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies i. xxi. 70 Indian sheepe, the which..do serve them as Asses to beare their burthens.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 102 An Indian Sheepe, out of the region of Peru.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. viii. 158/1 The Arabian broad tailed Sheep.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. vi. 68 Vicunnas or Peruvian sheep.

1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 13 Oct. 39 She [sc. Mrs. Roundabout] puts me in mind of my Lord Bantam's Indian sheep, which are obliged to have their monstrous tails trundled along in a go-cart.

1804 W. Clark Jrnl. 22 Dec. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) III. 260 Two horns of the animal the French Call the Rock mountain Sheep.

1807 P. Gass Jrnls. 143 The Ibex or mountain sheep.

1818 T. Laurie in Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. (1821) 3 308 Remarks..on the Skin of the Rocky Mountain Sheep.

1858 W. Baird Cycl. Nat. Sci. at Oveæ The moufflon, or wild sheep of Sardinia and Corsica, and the argali, or wild sheep of India and Siberia.

1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 102/1 The Rocky Mountain sheep or goat (Haplocerus laniger),..is closely related to the chamois of Europe.

1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 161 The Yellow Sheep of Mongolia (Procapra gutturosa).

1881 Scribner's Monthly May 1/1 The American big horn, or Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis montana Cuv.).

单词	mountain sheep
释义	mountain sheepn. Brit. /ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈʃiːp/, U.S. /ˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌʃip/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mountain n., sheep n. Etymology: < mountain n. + sheep n. 1. gen. Any of various breeds of sheep developed for mountainous country; a sheep of such a breed. Also: any sheep kept in a mountainous region.Welsh mountain sheep: see Welsh adj. and n. Compounds 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by habitat mountain sheep1596 fold1669 heath-cropper1819 bush-sheep1870 1596 A. Copley Fig for Fortune 12 To be continually a mountain-sheep Is Cockrell-like, it is a dung-hill braue. 1775 J. Langhorne Country Justice ii. 17 Destin'd here to keep A small Detachment of his Mountain-Sheep. 1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes Elphin xi. 141 The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter. 1910 W. de la Mare Three Mulla-mulgars 17 The little coat of mountain-sheep's wool. 1975 Country Life 9 Oct. 942/1 The Castlemartin range..is..a custom-built wintering ground for mountain sheep. 1999 J. Joseph Sel. Poems 30 You..ignored the ravine Where the mountain sheep had died. 2. North American. Either of two similar North American wild sheep, the bighorn or Rocky Mountain sheep, Ovis canadensis, and the Dall sheep, O. dalli. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > ovis canadensis (bighorn) mountain rama1625 mountain sheep1802 bighorn1805 Rocky Mountain sheep1812 cimarron1850 Rocky Mountain bighorn1860 mountain buffalo1868 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > ovis dalli (dall sheep) mountain sheep1802 mountain buffalo1868 1802 D. McGillivray in Med. Repository (1803) 6 240 The mountain ram, or sheep, though not very often seen, is to be met with, in considerable numbers, in some parts of the mountains. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. iii. 69 This animal is commonly called the mountain sheep, and is often confounded with another animal, the ‘woolly sheep’ found more to the northward. 1846 R. B. Sage Scenes Rocky Mts. xiv. 121 In size the mountain sheep is larger than the domestic animal of that name, and its general appearance is in every respect dissimilar—excepting the head and horns. 1918 T. Roosevelt in Maine my State (Maine Writers Res. Club) (1919) 21 We had a couple of antelope and a yearling mountain sheep. 1947 Trail & Timberline Feb. 15/2 We saw moose, bear, caribou, mountain (Dall) sheep, and wolves almost every trip. 1992 H. N. Schwarzkopf It doesn't take Hero xii. 202 Brenda and I bought the obligatory second freezer, which was soon jammed with..roasts from moose and mountain sheep. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas mountain sheep b. With qualifying word denoting the species as African, broad-tailed, Rocky Mountain, wild (see argali n., mouflon n., musmon n.). Also applied to other genera, as †Indian sheep the llama or vicuña (see also Peruvian sheep n. at Peruvian n.¹ and adj. Compounds 1b); mountain sheep, the ibex. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > genus Lama (llama) llama1600 Indian sheep1604 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > genus Vicugna Indian sheep1604 vicuña1604 vigogne1660 vigonia1834 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > genus Capra > capra ibex (European ibex) stonebuckc1000 rock-goat1574 eveck1585 stambuck1591 ibex1607 rock-buck1681 steinbock1695 bouquetin1783 mountain sheep1807 stonebuck1855 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies i. xxi. 70 Indian sheepe, the which..do serve them as Asses to beare their burthens. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 102 An Indian Sheepe, out of the region of Peru. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. viii. 158/1 The Arabian broad tailed Sheep. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. vi. 68 Vicunnas or Peruvian sheep. 1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 13 Oct. 39 She [sc. Mrs. Roundabout] puts me in mind of my Lord Bantam's Indian sheep, which are obliged to have their monstrous tails trundled along in a go-cart. 1804 W. Clark Jrnl. 22 Dec. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) III. 260 Two horns of the animal the French Call the Rock mountain Sheep. 1807 P. Gass Jrnls. 143 The Ibex or mountain sheep. 1818 T. Laurie in Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. (1821) 3 308 Remarks..on the Skin of the Rocky Mountain Sheep. 1858 W. Baird Cycl. Nat. Sci. at Oveæ The moufflon, or wild sheep of Sardinia and Corsica, and the argali, or wild sheep of India and Siberia. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 102/1 The Rocky Mountain sheep or goat (Haplocerus laniger),..is closely related to the chamois of Europe. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 161 The Yellow Sheep of Mongolia (Procapra gutturosa). 1881 Scribner's Monthly May 1/1 The American big horn, or Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis montana Cuv.). extracted from sheepn. < n.1596 as lemmas
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mountain sheepn.

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