noun (plural sheep) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scēap; akin to Old High German scāf sheep Date: before 12th century any of various hollow-horned typically gregarious ruminant mammals (genus Ovis ) related to the goats but stockier and lacking a beard in the male, 2. a timid defenseless creature, a timid docile person, leather prepared from the skins of sheep ; sheepskin
sheep fescue noun Date: 1945 a hardy fine-foliaged fescue ( Festuca ovina ) widely used as a pasture grass
sheep ked noun Etymology: sheep + ked sheep, of unknown origin Date: 1925 a wingless bloodsucking dipteran fly ( Melophagus ovinus ) that feeds chiefly on sheep and is a vector of sheep trypanosomiasis
sheep laurel noun Date: 1810 a dwarf shrub ( Kalmia angustifolia ) of the heath family that is native to northeastern North America and is poisonous to livestock and that resembles mountain laurel but has narrower leaves and smaller bright red flowers
sheep sorrel noun Date: 1806 a small dock ( Rumex acetosella ) of acidic soils
sheep tick noun see: sheep ked
sheep walk noun Date: 1586 a pasture or range for sheep
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