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Definition of Southdown sheep

Southdown sheep
Southdown South"down`, a. Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in England. Southdown sheep (Zo["o]l.), a celebrated breed of shortwooled, hornless sheep, highly valued on account of the delicacy of their flesh. So called from the South Downs where the breed originated.

Meaning of Southdown sheep from wikipedia

- The Southdown is a British breed of domestic sheep,: 918  the smallest of the British breeds.: 23  It is a shortwool breed, and the basis of the whole...
- improved Southdown rams.: 923  They were at first known as Blackfaces or Southdown-Norfolks; the first use of the name "Suffolk" for these sheep dates to...
- up Southdown in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Southdown may refer to: Southdown (sheep), a breed of sheep Southdown, Cornwall, England Southdown, a...
- activity became sheep grazing. It was on Caburn and other local pastures that John Ellman reared his famous breed of Southdown sheep. During the Second...
- stalls for cows and stables for farm horses and sheep. Rockefeller kept Jersey cattle and Southdown sheep (used to trim the lawns). The poultry plant was...
- Down or Hampshire is a British breed of sheep. It originated in about 1829 from cross-breeding of Southdowns with the Old Hampshire breed, the Wiltshire...
- sheep were added in 1864. The flock of pedigree Southdown sheep were joined later by Dorset sheep. The sheep were housed in a fanciful Victorian-style sheepfold...
- breeds no longer raised by commercial farmers, and a number of Southdown sheep. Besides sheep, other animals on display include goats, pigs, rabbits, guinea...
- The Soay sheep is a breed of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) descended from a po****tion of feral sheep on the 100-hectare (250-acre) island of Soay in the...
- The Blackface or Scottish Blackface is a British breed of sheep. It is the most common sheep breed of the United Kingdom. Despite the name, it did not...