merino sheep

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   white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality

   Synonymsmerino

   Broaderdomestic sheep

Questions about merino sheep

What does merino sheep mean?

merino sheep means "white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality".

What is another word for merino sheep?

Close synonyms include merino. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is merino sheep a common word?

merino sheep is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.