Placer

//ˈpleɪsə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "placer" (3 found)

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Thou placer of plants both humble and tall

Source: wiktionary

a third-placer

Source: wiktionary

This is a “placer” sheep, as it is called. The prerequisites to this condition are that the young sheep must be still nursing, but must have begun to nibble grass. It must be the young of a mother that has been somewhat isolated, away from the corral and away from the herd, by herself out on the prairie. Now, when the mother dies, the lamb remains close to the mother′s body[…].

Source: wiktionary

1971, American Society of Animal Science. Journal of Animal Science, Volume 32, Pages 601-1298, page 1281, In Australia “placer” lambs are also destroyed, for these too are of little use; they will return constantly to one place, not staying with the flock.

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