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Herdwick [ˈhɜːdwɪk]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England

[from obsolete herdwick pasture, sheep farm (see herd² (sense 1), wick²); the breed is thought to have originated on the herdwicks of Furness Abbey]

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