Soay

词形变化

Soays 复数 Soays

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A primitive breed of domestic sheep descended from feral sheep on the island of Soay, Scotland.

    1961 August 3, Peter Jewell, The wild sheep of St Kilda, New Scientist, No. 246, page 268, These apparently wild Soay sheep have bred on the island for centuries, virtually untended by Man. They are a relic of primitive domestic sheep, little improved from their wild progenitors.