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sheep

 
Noun sheep has 3 senses
  1. sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
    --1 is a kind of
    bovid
    --1 is a member of Ovis, genus Ovis; herd; flock
    --1 has part: trotter; withers
    --1 has particulars:
     ewe; ram, tup; wether; black sheep; domestic sheep, Ovis aries
  2. sheep - a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon
    --2 is a kind of
    simpleton, simple
  3. sheep - a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision; "his students followed him like sheep"
    --3 is a kind of
    follower
sheef sheeky sheel sheen sheena sheenies sheeny sheep-tick sheep sheep bell sheep botfly sheep dip sheep dog sheep fescue sheep frog sheep gadfly sheep ked

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