Merino, the Glossary
The Merino is a breed or group of breeds of domestic sheep, characterised by very fine soft wool.[1]
Table of Contents
103 relations: Abercrombie & Fitch, Adelaide, Alexander Borthwick Murray, Alfonso X of Castile, Anatolia, Animal rights, Animal welfare, Arabic, Arkhar-Merino, Armidale, Auction, Australian Cashmere goat, Australian dollar, Australian Merino, Berber languages, Bilbao, Booroola Merino, Capital punishment, Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Córdoba, Spain, Charles III of Spain, Château de Rambouillet, Churra, Clan Arthur, Climate, Crossbreed, Crown of Castile, David Humphreys (soldier), Delaine Merino, Dubbo, Dutch Cape Colony, Electorate of Saxony, Eliza Forlonge, Elizabeth Macarthur, Emirate of Granada, Extremadura, Federation Drought, First Fleet, Flanders, Flystrike in sheep, Folwark, Gap Inc., Gentile di Puglia, George III, Great Dividing Range, Iberian Peninsula, Jean Chanorier, John Macarthur (wool pioneer), Joseph Banks, Kingdom of Castile, ... Expand index (53 more) »
- Sheep breeds originating in Spain
Abercrombie & Fitch
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F) is an American lifestyle retailer that focuses on contemporary clothing.
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Adelaide
Adelaide (Tarntanya) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide.
Alexander Borthwick Murray
Alexander Borthwick Murray (14 February 1816 – 17 March 1903) was an Australian sheep breeder and parliamentarian in the early days of South Australia.
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Alfonso X of Castile
Alfonso X (also known as the Wise, el Sabio; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284) was King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1 June 1252 until his death in 1284.
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Anatolia
Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.
Animal rights
Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all sentient animals have moral worth independent of their utility to humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings.
Animal welfare
Animal welfare is the well-being of non-human animals.
Arabic
Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.
Arkhar-Merino
The Arkhar-Merino is a sheep breed. Merino and Arkhar-Merino are sheep breeds.
Armidale
Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
Auction
An auction is usually a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bids, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder or buying the item from the lowest bidder.
Australian Cashmere goat
The Australian Cashmere goat is a breed of Cashmere domestic goats originating in Australia.
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Australian dollar
The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD; also abbreviated A$ or sometimes AU$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; and also referred to as the dollar or Aussie dollar) is the official currency and legal tender of Australia, including all of its external territories, and three independent sovereign Pacific Island states: Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu.
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Australian Merino
The Australian Merino is an Australian breed or group of breeds of sheep, forming a significant part of the Merino group of breeds. Merino and Australian Merino are sheep breeds.
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Berber languages
The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight, are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family.
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Bilbao
Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the Basque Country as a whole.
Booroola Merino
The Booroola is a Merino strain that has a high rate of multiple births. Merino and Booroola Merino are sheep breeds.
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Capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.
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Catholic Monarchs of Spain
The Catholic Monarchs were Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, whose marriage and joint rule marked the de facto unification of Spain.
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Córdoba, Spain
Córdoba, or sometimes Cordova, is a city in Andalusia, Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba.
Charles III of Spain
Charles III (Carlos Sebastián de Borbón y Farnesio; 20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was King of Spain in the years 1759 to 1788.
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Château de Rambouillet
The Château de Rambouillet, known in English as the Castle of Rambouillet, is a château in the town of Rambouillet, Yvelines department, in the Île-de-France region in northern France, southwest of Paris.
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Churra
The Churra is an Iberian type, breed or group of breeds of sheep. Merino and Churra are sheep breeds and sheep breeds originating in Spain.
Clan Arthur
Clan Arthur or Clan MacArthur, (Scottish Gaelic: Clann Artair) is a highland Scottish clan that once held lands on the shores of Loch Awe opposite Inishail.
Climate
Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years.
Crossbreed
A crossbreed is an organism with purebred parents of two different breeds, varieties, or populations.
Crown of Castile
The Crown of Castile was a medieval polity in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and, some decades later, the parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accession of the then Castilian king, Ferdinand III, to the vacant Leonese throne.
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David Humphreys (soldier)
David Humphreys (July 10, 1752 – February 21, 1818) was an American Revolutionary War colonel and aide de camp to George Washington, a secretary and intelligence agent for Benjamin Franklin in Paris, American minister to Portugal and then to Spain, entrepreneur who brought Merino sheep to America, and member of the Connecticut state legislature.
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Delaine Merino
The Delaine Merino is a type of Merino sheep predominant in North America. Merino and Delaine Merino are sheep breeds.
Dubbo
Dubbo (Dhubu) is a city in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia.
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Dutch Cape Colony
The Dutch Cape Colony (Kaapkolonie) was a Dutch United East India Company (VOC) colony in Southern Africa, centered on the Cape of Good Hope, from where it derived its name.
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Electorate of Saxony
The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony (Kurfürstentum Sachsen or), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806.
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Eliza Forlonge
Eliza Forlong (1784–1859) was an Australian pioneer who played a large part in introducing Merino sheep to south-east Australia.
Elizabeth Macarthur
Elizabeth Macarthur (14 August 1766 – 9 February 1850) was an English-born landowner and businesswomen who was wife of John Macarthur.
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Emirate of Granada
The Emirate of Granada, also known as the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, was an Islamic polity in the southern Iberian Peninsula during the Late Middle Ages, ruled by the Nasrid dynasty.
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Extremadura
Extremadura (Estremaúra; Estremadura; Fala: Extremaúra) is a landlocked autonomous community of Spain.
Federation Drought
In Australia, the Federation Drought is the name given to a prolonged period of drought that occurred around the time of Federation in 1901.
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First Fleet
The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 British ships that took the first British colonists and convicts to Australia.
Flanders
Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium.
Flystrike in sheep
Flystrike in sheep is a myiasis condition in which domestic sheep are infected by one of several species of flies that are external parasites of sheep.
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Folwark
Folwark is a Polish word for a primarily serfdom-based farm and agricultural enterprise (a type of latifundium), often very large.
Gap Inc.
The Gap, Inc., commonly known as Gap Inc. or Gap (stylized as GAP), is an American worldwide clothing and accessories retailer.
Gentile di Puglia
The Gentile di Puglia is a breed of domestic sheep indigenous to southern Italy. Merino and Gentile di Puglia are sheep breeds.
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George III
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820.
Great Dividing Range
The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills.
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Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula (IPA), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe, defining the westernmost edge of Eurasia.
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Jean Chanorier
Jean Chanorier (16 November 1746, Lyon – 29 May 1806, Croissy-sur-Seine), was a French agronomist and politician.
John Macarthur (wool pioneer)
John Macarthur (1767 – 11 April 1834) was a British Army officer, entrepreneur, landowner and politician who was a highly influential figure in the establishment of the colony of New South Wales.
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Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, (19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences.
Kingdom of Castile
The Kingdom of Castile (Reino de Castilla: Regnum Castellae) was a polity in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages.
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Kingdom of León
The Kingdom of León was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula.
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Lamb and mutton
Sheep meat is one of the most common meats around the world, taken from the domestic sheep, Ovis aries, and generally divided into lamb, from sheep in their first year, hogget, from sheep in their second, and mutton, from older sheep.
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Leicester Longwool
The Leicester Longwool is an English breed of sheep. Merino and Leicester Longwool are sheep breeds.
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Lincoln sheep
The Lincoln, sometimes called the Lincoln Longwool, is a breed of sheep from England. Merino and Lincoln sheep are sheep breeds.
List of sheep breeds
This is a list of breeds of domestic sheep. Merino and list of sheep breeds are sheep breeds.
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Louis XVI
Louis XVI (Louis Auguste;; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.
Low Countries
The Low Countries (de Lage Landen; les Pays-Bas), historically also known as the Netherlands (de Nederlanden), is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting today of the three modern "Benelux" countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (Nederland, which is singular).
Marinid Sultanate
The Marinid Sultanate was a Berber Muslim empire from the mid-13th to the 15th century which controlled present-day Morocco and, intermittently, other parts of North Africa (Algeria and Tunisia) and of the southern Iberian Peninsula (Spain) around Gibraltar.
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Merindad
() is a Mediaeval Spanish administrative term for a country subdivision smaller than a province but larger than a municipality.
Merinolandschaf
The Merinolandschaf or Württemberger is a breed of domestic sheep derived from the Merino. Merino and Merinolandschaf are sheep breeds.
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Mesta
The Mesta was a powerful association protecting livestock owners and their animals in the Crown of Castile that was incorporated in the 13th century and was dissolved in 1836.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
Modern Farmer (magazine)
Modern Farmer is a quarterly American magazine devoted to agriculture and food, founded in April 2013.
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Mulesing
Mulesing (also known as 'live lamb cutting') is the removal of strips of wool-bearing skin from around the breech (buttocks) of a sheep to prevent the parasitic infection flystrike (myiasis).
Myiasis
Myiasis, also known as flystrike or fly strike, is the parasitic infestation of the body of a live animal by fly larvae (maggots) that grow inside the host while feeding on its tissue.
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.
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New England (New South Wales)
New England is a geographical region in the north of the state of New South Wales, Australia, about inland from the Tasman Sea.
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New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.
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Nordstrom
Nordstrom, Inc. is an American luxury department store chain headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin in 1901.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president.
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Peppin Merino
The Peppin Merino is a breed of Merino sheep raised for their wool, mostly in Australia. Merino and Peppin Merino are sheep breeds.
Poll Merino
The Poll Merino is a subtype of the Australian Merino breed of domestic sheep, without horns, that was developed in Australia. Merino and Poll Merino are sheep breeds.
Polled livestock
Polled livestock are livestock without horns in species which are normally horned. Merino and Polled livestock are livestock.
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Prussia
Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.
Raby, New South Wales
Raby is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 55 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown.
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Rambouillet sheep
The Rambouillet is a breed of sheep (Ovis aries). Merino and Rambouillet sheep are sheep breeds.
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Riverina
The Riverina is an agricultural region of southwestern New South Wales, Australia.
Samuel Marsden
Samuel Marsden (25 June 1765 – 12 May 1838) was an English-born priest of the Church of England in Australia and a prominent member of the Church Missionary Society.
San Sebastián
San Sebastián, officially known by the bilingual name Donostia / San Sebastián, is a city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain.
Santander, Spain
Santander is the capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain.
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Saxony
Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic.
Sheep
Sheep (sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Merino and sheep are livestock.
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South African Meat Merino
The South African Meat Merino or SAMM is a wool and meat sheep originating in South Africa, but now found throughout the world. Merino and South African Meat Merino are sheep breeds.
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Spinning count
Spinning count is a measure of fibre fineness and distribution developed in England.
Staple (wool)
A wool staple is a cluster or lock of wool fibres and not a single fibre.
Stolpen
Stolpen (Stołpin) is a town in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, in Saxony, Germany.
Tasmania
Tasmania (palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia.
The Advertiser (Adelaide)
The Advertiser is a daily tabloid format newspaper based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia.
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The Age
The Age is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854.
Transhumance
Transhumance is a type of pastoralism or nomadism, a seasonal movement of livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures.
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria.
Umayyad state of Córdoba
The Umayyad state of Córdoba was an Arab Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 756 to 1031.
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Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
Walcha, New South Wales
Walcha is a town at the south-eastern edge of the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
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Wanganella, New South Wales
Wanganella is a village community on the Billabong Creek in New South Wales, Australia.
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War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America.
Wendy Lewis
Wendy Lewis is an Australian writer working in Sydney who has written a number of non-fiction books about Australian people, history and events.
William Cox (pioneer)
William Cox (19 December 1764 – 15 March 1837) was an English soldier, known as an explorer, road builder and pioneer in the early period of British settlement of Australia.
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Wool
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids.
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Wool classing
Wool classing is the production of uniform, predictable, low-risk lines of wool, carried out by examining the characteristics of the wool in its raw state and classing (grading) it accordingly.
Wool measurement
A micron (micrometre) is the measurement used to express the diameter of wool fibre.
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Yass, New South Wales
Yass is a town on the periphery of the Southern Tablelands and South West Slopes of New South Wales, Australia.
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Zenata
The Zenata are a group of Berber tribes, historically one of the largest Berber confederations along with the Sanhaja and Masmuda.
See also
Sheep breeds originating in Spain
- Alcarreña
- Basco-Béarnaise
- Churra
- Guirra
- Latxa
- List of Spanish sheep breeds
- Merino
- Ovella galega
- Xalda
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merino
Also known as Merino (sheep), Merino Sheep, Merino wool, Saxony Wool, The Merino.
, Kingdom of León, Lamb and mutton, Leicester Longwool, Lincoln sheep, List of sheep breeds, Louis XVI, Low Countries, Marinid Sultanate, Merindad, Merinolandschaf, Mesta, Middle Ages, Modern Farmer (magazine), Mulesing, Myiasis, Napoleonic Wars, New England (New South Wales), New South Wales, Nordstrom, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Peppin Merino, Poll Merino, Polled livestock, Prussia, Raby, New South Wales, Rambouillet sheep, Riverina, Samuel Marsden, San Sebastián, Santander, Spain, Saxony, Sheep, South African Meat Merino, Spinning count, Staple (wool), Stolpen, Tasmania, The Advertiser (Adelaide), The Age, Transhumance, Tuberculosis, Umayyad state of Córdoba, Vermont, Walcha, New South Wales, Wanganella, New South Wales, War of 1812, Wendy Lewis, William Cox (pioneer), Wool, Wool classing, Wool measurement, Yass, New South Wales, Zenata.