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Columbia sheep

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Definition of Columbia sheep

: a large hardy open-faced utility sheep of an American breed developed by crossing Lincoln and Rambouillet and distinguished by a high yield of fine wool longer than that of the Rambouillet and by satisfactory mutton conformation

History and Etymology for Columbia sheep

from New Latin Columbia United States; from its being the first breed of sheep developed in America

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