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ewe
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ewe  (y)
n.
A female sheep, especially when full grown.

[Middle English, from Old English we, owu; see owi- in Indo-European roots.]

ewe
Noun
a female sheep [Old English ēowu]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Ewe - a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana
Benin, Dahomey, Republic of Benin - a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control
Togo, Togolese Republic - a republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; formerly under French control
Ghana, Gold Coast, Republic of Ghana - a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; "Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British"
African - a native or inhabitant of Africa
2.Ewe - a Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin
Kwa - a group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria
3.eweewe - female sheep
udder, bag - mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
Translations
Spanish ewe [juː] noveja
French ewe [juː] nbrebis f
German ewe [juː] nMutterschaf nt
Italian ewe [juː] npecora

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