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Exmoor

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Ex·moor  (ksmr, -smôr, -smr)
A moorland plateau of southwest England. It is a popular tourist area with notable prehistoric ruins.
Exmoor [ˈɛksˌmʊə -ˌmɔː]
n
1. (Placename) a high moorland in SW England, in W Somerset and N Devon: chiefly grazing ground for Exmoor ponies, sheep, and red deer
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a small stocky breed of pony with a fawn-coloured nose, originally from Exmoor
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Noun1.ExmoorExmoor - horned sheep of Devon; valued for mutton
domestic sheep, Ovis aries - any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin
2.Exmoor - stocky breed of pony with a fawn-colored nose
pony - any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder


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But that is not the point The point is that there really is something queer about Exmoor and his family; something quite natural, I dare say, but quite abnormal.
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