wether
noun[C]
uk/ˈweð.ər/us/ˈweð.ɚ/amalesheepthat has beencastrated(= haditssexorgansremoved):
阉羊，去势公羊Hedrovearound thepaddockscheckingwethers,ewesandlambs.他开着车在围场里各处检查公羊、母羊和小羊的情况。
- Crossbred wetherlambssoldat £27.
- He got thejob,lookingatagriculturalpolicy, because he wasabletotellhisinterviewerthat a teg, a hogget and a wether were all differenttypesofsheep.
- Thesheephere aredividedintoflocksof about three hundredbreedingewes, or four hundred wethers, in each.
- Emyr, as hesawmestaggeringwith abigwether,askedmeanxiouslyif I couldmanageit.
Sheep & goats
- bezoar
- billy goat
- ewe
- goat
- ibex
- kid
- lamb
- merino
- mountain goat
- nanny goat
- ovine
- ram
- shearling
- sheep