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| Ja·cob [ jáykəb ] (plural Ja·cobs) or Ja·cob sheep (plural Ja·cob sheep) |
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cream and brown sheep: a sheep belonging to a breed originally found in the Scottish Hebrides, with two or four thick curved horns and a cream-colored fleece with dark brown patches on it. The fleece is popular with spinners and hand-loom weavers.
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| [Mid-17th century. After Jacob1, who kept piebald sheep (Genesis 30:39)] |
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