Dorset Horn
noun
variants
or less commonly dorset
1
: an English breed of sheep with very large and in the ram much-coiled horns that has a close-textured fleece of medium-length wool and that has been much used for hothouse lamb production because of the early breeding of the ewes and the high percentage of twin lambs
2
or dorset horn plural Dorset Horns or dorset horns
: a sheep of the Dorset Horn breed
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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