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Definition of fat-tailed sheep
: a coarse-wooled mutton sheep that has great quantities of fat on each side of the tail bones
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“Fat-tailed sheep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fat-tailed%20sheep. Accessed 6 Jul. 2022.
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The first known use of fat-tailed sheep was in 1842
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