long-wool

1 of 2

adjective

variants or long-wooled

ˈ⸗¦⸗

: of or relating to a class of domestic sheep that have long but coarse wool

Leicester, Cotswold, and Lincoln are breeds of long-wool sheep

longwool

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noun

: a long-wool sheep

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

long + wool or wooled, from wool + -ed

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