Dorper
nounDefinition of Dorper
1 : a breed of mutton-type sheep with white body and black face and a pelt of mingled wool and hair developed in South Africa by crossing the blackhead Persian and the Dorset Horn breeds
2 plural Dorpers or dorpers or dorper : any sheep of the Dorper breed
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