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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition

SHEEP

noun (plural sheep)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scēap; akin to Old High German scāf sheep Date: before 12th century any of various hollow-horned typically gregarious ruminant mammals (genus Ovis ) related to the goats but stockier and lacking a beard in the male,

2. a timid defenseless creature, a timid docile person, leather prepared from the skins of sheep ; sheepskin