Sheep

/ʃiːp/

Synonyms for "sheep" (120 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (24)

Noun(1 words)
cheviots

Strong matches (36)

Noun(5 words)
domestic sheepdupefarmed animallemmingslivestock

Related words (60)

Noun(3 words)
moutonoviswoolies

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: anal character, animal, antelope, ape, armadillo.
  • Sentence evidence is available for sheep, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
  • Ranking signals come from moby, derived_reverse, opengloss, wiktionary, and related lexical sources.

Synonym selection checklist

  • Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
  • Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
  • Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "sheep".
  • Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.

When not to replace "sheep"

Keep "sheep" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.

If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.

Replacement workflow

1. Preserve meaning

Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "sheep" intact in the sentence you are editing.

2. Tune tone

Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.

3. Re-read context

Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.

Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.

Final fit check

After choosing a replacement for "sheep", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.

If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "sheep" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

7 entries

More specific

3 entries

Collocations

5 entries
domestic sheepflock of sheepsheep farmsheep shearingsheep wool

Derivations

2 entries

Translations

409 translations across 277 languages.

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Abenaki

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  • azib noun (animal)

Acehnese

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  • bubiri noun (animal)

Afar

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  • idá noun (animal)
  • marúw noun (animal)

Afrikaans

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  • skaap noun (animal)
  • skape noun (animal)

Ainu

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  • ヒチュチ noun (animal)

Akkadian

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  • 𒇻 noun (animal)

Albanian

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  • berr noun (animal)
  • dele noun (animal)
  • delme noun (animal)

Amharic

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  • በግ noun (animal)

Ancient Greek

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  • οἶς noun (animal)
  • πρόβατον noun (animal)

Ao

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  • san (Chungli) noun (animal)

Arabic

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  • حولي noun (animal)
  • حَمَل noun (animal)
  • خاروف noun (animal)
  • خروف noun (animal)

Armenian

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  • ոչխար noun (animal)

Aromanian

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  • oae noun (animal)
  • oai (roa-rup) noun (animal)

Assamese

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  • ভেড়া noun (animal)
  • ভেড়া ছাগলী noun (animal)
  • ভেৰা noun (animal)
  • ভেৰা ছাগলী noun (animal)

Asturian

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  • oveya noun (animal)

Aymara

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  • iwija noun (animal)

Azerbaijani

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  • qoyun noun (animal)

Bactrian

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  • ποσο noun (animal)

Bakhtiari

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  • میش noun (animal)

Balinese

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  • biri-biri noun (animal)

Baluchi

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  • میش noun (animal)
  • پس noun (animal)

Bangi

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  • mbata noun (animal)

Bashkir

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  • һарыҡ noun (animal)

Basque

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  • ardi noun (animal)

Bau Bidayuh

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  • koming noun (animal)

Belarusian

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  • аве́чка noun (animal)
  • аўца́ noun (animal)

Bengali

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  • ভেড়া noun (animal)
  • মেষ noun (animal)

Brahui

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  • melle noun (animal)

Breton

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  • dañvad noun (animal)
  • dañvadez noun (animal)
  • maout noun (animal)

Bulgarian

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  • овца́ noun (animal)

Burmese

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  • ဆိတ်ကုလား noun (animal)
  • သိုး noun (animal)

Buryat

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  • хонин noun (animal)

Catalan

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  • ovella noun (animal)

Central Kurdish

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  • مەڕ noun (animal)

Central Melanau

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  • biri-biri noun (animal)

Chechen

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  • уьстагӏ noun (animal)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏫ ᎤᏃᏕᎾ noun (animal)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • nkhosa noun (animal)

Chickasaw

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  • chokfi noun (animal)
  • chokfi ishto' noun (animal)

Chinese

4 entries
  • мянён noun (animal)
  • ён noun (animal)
  • 綿羊 /绵羊 noun (animal)
  • 羊 noun (animal)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 綿羊 /绵羊 noun (animal)
  • 羊 noun (animal)
  • 羊咩 noun (animal)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 綿羊 /绵羊 noun (animal)
  • 羊 noun (animal)

Chiricahua

1 entries
  • dibéhé noun (animal)

Church Slavic

2 entries
  • овьца noun (animal)
  • ⱁⰲⱐⱌⰰ noun (animal)

Chuukese

1 entries
  • siip noun (animal)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • сурӑх noun (animal)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • ichcatl noun (animal)

Cornish

1 entries
  • davas noun (animal)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • qoy noun (animal)

Czech

1 entries
  • ovce noun (animal)

Dairi Batak

1 entries
  • biri-biri noun (animal)

Danish

1 entries
  • får noun (animal)

Dari

3 entries
  • قُوچ noun (animal)
  • میش noun (animal)
  • گوسْفَنْد noun (animal)

Daur

1 entries
  • xonii noun (animal)

Dongxiang

1 entries
  • ghoni noun (animal)

Dutch

1 entries
  • schaap noun (animal)

Dzongkha

1 entries
  • ལུག noun (animal)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • шорык noun (animal)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 綿羊 /绵羊 noun (animal)

Edo

1 entries
  • óhuán noun (animal)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ŝafo noun (animal)

Estonian

1 entries
  • lammas noun (animal)

Evenki

1 entries
  • беру noun (animal)

Ewe

1 entries
  • alẽ noun (animal)

Faroese

1 entries
  • seyður noun (animal)

Finnish

1 entries
  • lammas noun (animal)

French

1 entries
  • mouton noun (animal)

Friulian

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  • fede noun (animal)
  • piore noun (animal)

Galician

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  • almella noun (animal)
  • andosca noun (animal)
  • motóa noun (animal)
  • ovella noun (animal)

Gamilaraay

1 entries
  • thimba noun (animal)

Gaulish

1 entries
  • multon- noun (animal)

Ge'ez

1 entries
  • በግዕ noun (animal)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ცხვარი noun (animal)

German

1 entries
  • Schaf noun (animal)

Gondi

1 entries
  • గొర్రె noun (animal)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱 noun (animal)

Greek

1 entries
  • πρόβατο noun (animal)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • sava noun (animal)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ઘેટું noun (animal)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • mouton noun (animal)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 綿羊 /绵羊 noun (animal)

Hausa

1 entries
  • tunkìyā noun (animal)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • hipa noun (animal)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • כֶּבֶשׂ noun (animal)

Hindi

2 entries
  • भेड़ noun (animal)
  • मेष noun (animal)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • birka noun (animal)
  • juh noun (animal)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • fé noun (animal)
  • kind noun (animal)
  • rolla noun (animal)
  • sauðfé noun (animal)

Ido

1 entries
  • mutono noun (animal)

Ifè

1 entries
  • àgùɖã̀ noun (animal)

Igala

2 entries
  • àgwùtọ̀ noun (animal)
  • álá noun (animal)

Igbo

1 entries
  • atụlū noun (animal)

Inari Sami

1 entries
  • savzâ noun (animal)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • biri-biri noun (animal)
  • domba noun (animal)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • lammas noun (animal)

Ingush

1 entries
  • устагӏ noun (animal)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • ove noun (animal)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • قوچ noun (animal)
  • میش noun (animal)
  • گوسْفَنْد noun (animal)

Iraqi Arabic

1 entries
  • غنم noun (animal)

Irish

1 entries
  • caora noun (animal)

Italian

1 entries
  • pecora noun (animal)

Itsekiri

1 entries
  • àgútàn noun (animal)

Izon

1 entries
  • ọnị́na noun (animal)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ヒツジ noun (animal)
  • 綿羊 noun (animal)
  • 羊 noun (animal)

Javanese

1 entries
  • wedhus noun (animal)

Jeju

1 entries
  • 양 noun (animal)

Jicarilla

1 entries
  • dibé noun (animal)

Jurchen

1 entries
  • honi noun (animal)

Kabyle

1 entries
  • ikerri noun (animal)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • хөн noun (animal)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಕುರಿ noun (animal)

Karelian

1 entries
  • lammas noun (animal)

Karo Batak

1 entries
  • biri-biri noun (animal)

Kashmiri

2 entries
  • کَٹھ noun (animal)
  • گٔب noun (animal)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • òwca noun (animal)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қой noun (animal)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ចៀម noun (animal)

Kituba

1 entries
  • dimeme noun (animal)

Komi-Permyak

1 entries
  • ыж noun (animal)

Kongo

1 entries
  • meme noun (animal)

Korean

2 entries
  • 면양 noun (animal)
  • 양 noun (animal)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кой noun (animal)

Ladin

1 entries
  • biescia noun (animal)

Lak

1 entries
  • тта noun (animal)

Lao

1 entries
  • ແກະ noun (animal)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • vuška noun (animal)

Latin

1 entries
  • ovis noun (animal)

Latvian

2 entries
  • aita noun (animal)
  • avs noun (animal)

Laz

1 entries
  • ჩხური noun (animal)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • pêgoa noun (animal)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • sjaop noun (animal)

Lingala

2 entries
  • meme noun (animal)
  • mpata noun (animal)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • avis noun (animal)

Livonian

1 entries
  • lāmbaz noun (animal)

Louisiana Creole

1 entries
  • mouton noun (animal)

Low German

2 entries
  • Schaap noun (animal)
  • Schoop noun (animal)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • wójca noun (animal)

Luganda

1 entries
  • endiga noun (animal)

Luhya

1 entries
  • likhese noun (animal)

Lusitanian

1 entries
  • oilam noun (animal)

Lutuv

1 entries
  • tuv noun (animal)

Luwian

1 entries
  • 𒄩𒀀𒌑𒄿𒅖 noun (animal)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Schof noun (animal)

Lycian

1 entries
  • 𐊜𐊀𐊇𐊙 noun (animal)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦵᦈᧃ noun (animal)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • овца noun (animal)

Maguindanao

1 entries
  • bili-bili noun (animal)

Makasar

1 entries
  • biri-biri noun (animal)

Malagasy

2 entries
  • besavily noun (animal)
  • ondry noun (animal)

Malay

4 entries
  • bebiri noun (animal)
  • biri-biri noun (animal)
  • domba noun (animal)
  • kambing bebiri noun (animal)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ചെമ്മരിയാട് noun (animal)

Maltese

2 entries
  • nagħaġ noun (animal)
  • nagħġa noun (animal)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡥᠣᠨᡳᠨ noun (animal)

Manx

1 entries
  • keyrrey noun (animal)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • ɓariɓari noun (animal)

Maranao

1 entries
  • bili-bili noun (animal)

Marathi

1 entries
  • मेंढी noun (animal)

Mariupol Greek

1 entries
  • про́вату noun (animal)

Mazanderani

2 entries
  • گاسفند noun (animal)
  • گسن noun (animal)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries
  • jijgluewj noun (animal)

Middle English

1 entries
  • schep noun (animal)

Middle Irish

1 entries
  • cáera noun (animal)

Middle Korean

1 entries
  • 야ᇰ noun (animal)

Mingrelian

1 entries
  • შხური noun (animal)

Mirandese

2 entries
  • canhona noun (animal)
  • oubeilha noun (animal)

Mon

1 entries
  • သဵု noun (animal)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хонь noun (animal)

Mycenaean Greek

1 entries
  • 𐀥 noun (animal)

Māori

2 entries
  • hipi noun (animal)
  • pirikahu noun (animal)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • ichcatl noun (animal)

Nanai

1 entries
  • хонин noun (animal)

Navajo

1 entries
  • dibé noun (animal)

Nepali

1 entries
  • भेंडा noun (animal)

Nias

1 entries
  • biri-biri noun (animal)

Nigerian Pidgin

1 entries
  • sheep noun (animal)

Norman

1 entries
  • mouton noun (animal)

North Frisian

2 entries
  • schep noun (animal)
  • schäip noun (animal)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • beran noun (animal)
  • berindir noun (animal)
  • berx noun (animal)
  • beyindir noun (animal)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • sávza noun (animal)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • får noun (animal)
  • sau noun (animal)

Nupe

1 entries
  • kingbàgbà noun (animal)

Occitan

2 entries
  • feda noun (animal)
  • oelha noun (animal)

Odia

1 entries
  • ମେଣ୍ଢା noun (animal)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • maanishtaanish noun (animal)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • овьца noun (animal)

Old English

1 entries
  • scēap noun (animal)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • cauru noun (animal)

Old Norse

2 entries
  • fær noun (animal)
  • sauðr noun (animal)

Olukumi

1 entries
  • àgùntàn noun (animal)

Oromo

1 entries
  • hoolaa noun (animal)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • фыс noun (animal)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قویون noun (animal)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • овца noun (animal)

Pashto

4 entries
  • مړېيه noun (animal)
  • مږه noun (animal)
  • مېږ noun (animal)
  • پسه noun (animal)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schop (nds) noun (animal)

Polabian

1 entries
  • vicĕ noun (animal)

Polish

1 entries
  • owca noun (animal)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • ovelha noun (animal)

Punic

1 entries
  • 𐤔 noun (animal)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • بھیڈ noun (animal)
  • ਭੇਡ noun (animal)

Quechua

1 entries
  • uwija noun (animal)

Rohingya

1 entries
  • sóol noun (animal)

Romagnol

2 entries
  • pégra noun (animal)
  • pégura noun (animal)

Romani

2 entries
  • bakri noun (animal)
  • bakro noun (animal)

Romanian

1 entries
  • oaie noun (animal)

Romansch

3 entries
  • besch noun (animal)
  • nuorsa noun (animal)
  • nursa noun (animal)

Russian

2 entries
  • ове́чка noun (animal)
  • овца́ noun (animal)

S'gaw Karen

1 entries
  • သိ noun (animal)

Samoan

1 entries
  • mamoe noun (animal)

Sango

1 entries
  • walitaba noun (animal)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • अवि noun (animal)
  • अविक noun (animal)

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱵᱷᱤᱰᱤ noun (animal)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • argasa noun (animal)
  • barveghe noun (animal)
  • berbeghe noun (animal)
  • brebei noun (animal)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries
  • Skäip noun (animal)

Scots

1 entries
  • sheep noun (animal)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • caora noun (animal)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • jagnje noun (animal)
  • janje noun (animal)
  • ovan noun (animal)
  • ovca noun (animal)

Seychellois Creole

1 entries
  • mouton noun (animal)

Shan

1 entries
  • သူဝ်း noun (animal)

Sidamo

1 entries
  • gerechcho noun (animal)

Simeulue

1 entries
  • biri-biri noun (animal)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • رڍ noun (animal)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • බැටළුවා noun (animal)

Slovak

1 entries
  • ovca noun (animal)

Slovene

2 entries
  • ôvca noun (animal)
  • ôven noun (animal)

Somali

1 entries
  • ido noun (animal)

Sotho

2 entries
  • dinku noun (animal)
  • nku noun (animal)

Spanish

2 entries
  • carnero noun (animal)
  • oveja noun (animal)

Sumerian

1 entries
  • 𒇻 noun (animal)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kondoo noun (animal)

Swedish

1 entries
  • får noun (animal)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • obeha noun (animal)
  • tupa noun (animal)

Tajik

1 entries
  • гӯсфанд noun (animal)

Talysh

2 entries
  • pəs noun (animal)
  • پس noun (animal)

Tamil

1 entries
  • செம்மறியாடு noun (animal)

Taos

1 entries
  • kʼúona noun (animal)

Tatar

1 entries
  • сарык noun (animal)

Telugu

1 entries
  • గొర్రె noun (animal)

Tetum

1 entries
  • bibi malae noun (animal)

Thai

1 entries
  • แกะ noun (animal)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ལུག noun (animal)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • በጊዕ noun (animal)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • śaiyye noun (animal)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • sipsip noun (animal)

Tongan

1 entries
  • sipi noun (animal)

Tooro

1 entries
  • entaama class 9 noun (animal)

Tsakonian

1 entries
  • βάννε noun (animal)

Tsonga

1 entries
  • nyimpfu noun (animal)

Tswana

1 entries
  • nku noun (animal)

Tumbuka

1 entries
  • mberere noun (animal)

Turkish

1 entries
  • koyun noun (animal)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • goýun noun (animal)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • хой noun (animal)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • вівця́ noun (animal)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • wowca noun (animal)

Urdu

3 entries
  • بھیڑ noun (animal)
  • میش noun (animal)
  • گوسْفَنْد noun (animal)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قوي noun (animal)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • goʻsfand noun (animal)
  • qoʻy noun (animal)

Venetan

4 entries
  • feda noun (animal)
  • féda noun (animal)
  • pigora noun (animal)
  • piovra noun (animal)

Veps

1 entries
  • lambaz noun (animal)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cừu noun (animal)

Vilamovian

1 entries
  • siöf noun (animal)

Volapük

1 entries
  • jip noun (animal)

Votic

1 entries
  • lammõz noun (animal)

Võro

1 entries
  • lammas noun (animal)

Walloon

2 entries
  • bedot noun (animal)
  • moton noun (animal)

Welsh

2 entries
  • dafad noun (animal)
  • defaid noun (animal)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • skiep noun (animal)

Western Apache

4 entries
  • bee’é noun (animal)
  • dibéé noun (animal)
  • dibéłįį noun (animal)
  • dobéé noun (animal)

Western Mari

1 entries
  • шарык noun (animal)

Wolof

1 entries
  • xar mi noun (animal)

Wu Chinese

2 entries
  • 湖羊 noun (animal)
  • 綿羊 /绵羊 noun (animal)

Yakut

1 entries
  • хой noun (animal)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • שאָף noun (animal)
  • שעפּס noun (animal)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • àgùtàn noun (animal)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • kavır (diq) noun (animal)
  • mi noun (animal)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • yiengz noun (animal)

Zulu

1 entries
  • imvu noun (animal)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals.

Source: tatoeba (2188)

It is no use trying to separate the sheep from the goats while in a state of madness.

Source: tatoeba (18963)

And he chased the cattle, the sheep, and the people out of the temple.

Source: tatoeba (19487)

We cannot separate the sheep from the goats by appearance.

Source: tatoeba (21973)

Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.

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Closest matches include anal character, animal, antelope, ape, armadillo.

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