Definition of ewe
: the female of the sheep especially when mature;
also
: the female of various related animals
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The carcass of the black-faced ewe, one of 20 sheep kept in an enclosure near Spreckels Lake during the Christmas season, was discovered yesterday by a watchman near the Pacific Rod and Gun Club at Lake Merced.
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Myra Ambroglia went into the adult division with a Lincoln ewe.
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The Associated Press reports the jumping sheep was an ewe, or female.
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Nearby sits the preternaturally vivid head of a ewe in sandstone, almost life-size and perhaps the oldest object at over 5,000 years.
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With hands stretched wide, Meng Baoyindaogetao backs the ewe into a corner, seizes it by the horns and swings his leg over its back.
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She was cloned using somatic cell nuclear transfer from a cell taken from a 6-year-old ewe.
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A Holstein cow can supply nine gallons a day; a good ewe, on a good day, may part with three quarts.
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Origin and Etymology of ewe
Middle English, from Old English ēowu; akin to Old High German ouwi ewe, Latin ovis sheep, Greek ois
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Definition of Ewe
plural Ewe
also Ewes
: a people of Ghana and Togo speaking a Kwa language;
also
: the language itself
Origin and Etymology of ewe
Ewe eβe, βe, a self-designation
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noun
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ˈyü
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medical Definition of ewe
: the female of the sheep especially when mature;
also
: the female of various related animals
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