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A castrated ram.

[Middle English, from Old English; see wet-² in Indo-European roots.]

wether [ˈwɛðə]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a male sheep, esp a castrated one

[Old English hwæther; related to Old Frisian hweder, Old High German hwedar, Old Norse hvatharr]

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Noun

wether - male sheep especially a castrated one

genus Ovis, Ovis - sheep

sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

bellwether - sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell

Translations

wether [ˈweðəʳ] N → carnero m castrado

wether

n → Hammel m, → Schöps m (dial)

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