Texeln.
/ˈtɛksəl/ Used absol. or attributively to designate a hardy, hornless sheep belonging to a breed originally developed on Texel; (also) the breed itself.
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1949 A. Fraser Sheep Husbandry ii. 118 Milch breeds—East Friesian Milch sheep and their strains, the Texel and the West Friesian.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XX. 475/2 The Texel is a medium-wool, white-face, hornless sheep of the Netherlands, well adapted to range conditions and very prolific.
1978 Times 2 Sept. 2/4 (caption) Record prices were paid..at the first sale in Britain of the British Texel Sheep Society.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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