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rocky mountain
(encz) | Rocky Mountain, adj: |
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rocky mountain goat
(encz) | Rocky Mountain goat, |
rocky mountain sheep
(encz) | Rocky Mountain sheep, |
rocky mountains
(encz) | Rocky Mountains,Skalisté hory [zem.] luke |
Rocky Mountain locust
(gcide) | Rocky \Rock"y\, a.
1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as,
a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.
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2. Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. --Milton.
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3. Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling;
obdurate; as, a rocky bosom. --Shak.
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Rocky Mountain locust (Zool.), the Western locust, or
grasshopper. See Grasshopper.
Rocky Mountain sheep. (Zool.) See Bighorn.
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Rocky mountain sheep
(gcide) | Sheep \Sheep\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc?p,
sce['a]p; akin to OFries. sk?p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf,
OHG. sc[=a]f, Skr. ch[=a]ga. [root]295. Cf. Sheepherd.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the
genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both
hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
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Note: The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) varies much in size,
in the length and texture of its wool, the form and
size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was
domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct
breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated
for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their
long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep,
remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which
often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in
which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which
always has four horns.
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2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. --Ainsworth.
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3. pl. Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government
and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.
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Rocky mountain sheep.(Zool.) See Bighorn.
Maned sheep. (Zool.) See Aoudad.
Sheep bot (Zool.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See
Estrus.
Sheep dog (Zool.), a shepherd dog, or collie.
Sheep laurel (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Kalmia
angustifolia}) with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs.
Sheep pest (Bot.), an Australian plant (Acaena ovina)
related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed
spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep.
Sheep run, an extensive tract of country where sheep range
and graze.
Sheep's beard (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb ({Urospermum
Dalechampii}) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the
conspicuous pappus of the achenes.
Sheep's bit (Bot.), a European herb (Jasione montana)
having much the appearance of scabious.
Sheep pox (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep,
characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon
the skin.
Sheep scabious. (Bot.) Same as Sheep's bit.
Sheep shears, shears in which the blades form the two ends
of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as
often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so
called because used to cut off the wool of sheep.
Sheep sorrel. (Bot.), a prerennial herb ({Rumex
Acetosella}) growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly
soil. Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel.
Sheep's-wool (Zool.), the highest grade of Florida
commercial sponges (Spongia equina, variety gossypina).
Sheep tick (Zool.), a wingless parasitic insect
(Melophagus ovinus) belonging to the Diptera. It fixes
its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the
blood, leaving a swelling. Called also sheep pest, and
sheep louse.
Sheep walk, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run.
Wild sheep. (Zool.) See Argali, Mouflon, and Oorial.
[1913 Webster]Rocky \Rock"y\, a.
1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as,
a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.
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2. Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. --Milton.
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3. Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling;
obdurate; as, a rocky bosom. --Shak.
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Rocky Mountain locust (Zool.), the Western locust, or
grasshopper. See Grasshopper.
Rocky Mountain sheep. (Zool.) See Bighorn.
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Rocky Mountain sheep
(gcide) | Sheep \Sheep\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc?p,
sce['a]p; akin to OFries. sk?p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf,
OHG. sc[=a]f, Skr. ch[=a]ga. [root]295. Cf. Sheepherd.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the
genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both
hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
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Note: The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) varies much in size,
in the length and texture of its wool, the form and
size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was
domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct
breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated
for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their
long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep,
remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which
often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in
which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which
always has four horns.
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2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. --Ainsworth.
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3. pl. Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government
and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.
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Rocky mountain sheep.(Zool.) See Bighorn.
Maned sheep. (Zool.) See Aoudad.
Sheep bot (Zool.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See
Estrus.
Sheep dog (Zool.), a shepherd dog, or collie.
Sheep laurel (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Kalmia
angustifolia}) with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs.
Sheep pest (Bot.), an Australian plant (Acaena ovina)
related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed
spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep.
Sheep run, an extensive tract of country where sheep range
and graze.
Sheep's beard (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb ({Urospermum
Dalechampii}) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the
conspicuous pappus of the achenes.
Sheep's bit (Bot.), a European herb (Jasione montana)
having much the appearance of scabious.
Sheep pox (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep,
characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon
the skin.
Sheep scabious. (Bot.) Same as Sheep's bit.
Sheep shears, shears in which the blades form the two ends
of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as
often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so
called because used to cut off the wool of sheep.
Sheep sorrel. (Bot.), a prerennial herb ({Rumex
Acetosella}) growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly
soil. Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel.
Sheep's-wool (Zool.), the highest grade of Florida
commercial sponges (Spongia equina, variety gossypina).
Sheep tick (Zool.), a wingless parasitic insect
(Melophagus ovinus) belonging to the Diptera. It fixes
its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the
blood, leaving a swelling. Called also sheep pest, and
sheep louse.
Sheep walk, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run.
Wild sheep. (Zool.) See Argali, Mouflon, and Oorial.
[1913 Webster]Rocky \Rock"y\, a.
1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as,
a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.
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2. Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. --Milton.
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3. Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling;
obdurate; as, a rocky bosom. --Shak.
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Rocky Mountain locust (Zool.), the Western locust, or
grasshopper. See Grasshopper.
Rocky Mountain sheep. (Zool.) See Bighorn.
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rocky mountain bee plant
(wn) | Rocky Mountain bee plant
n 1: plant of western North America having trifoliate leaves and
white or pink spider-shaped flowers; sometimes used as an
ornamental [syn: Rocky Mountain bee plant, {stinking
clover}, Cleome serrulata] |
rocky mountain bighorn
(wn) | Rocky Mountain bighorn
n 1: wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America
having massive curled horns [syn: bighorn, {bighorn
sheep}, cimarron, Rocky Mountain bighorn, {Rocky
Mountain sheep}, Ovis canadensis] |
rocky mountain bristlecone pine
(wn) | Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine
n 1: small slow-growing upland pine of western United States
(Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-
brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-
tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some
over 4500 years old [syn: bristlecone pine, {Rocky
Mountain bristlecone pine}, Pinus aristata] |
rocky mountain dogbane
(wn) | Rocky Mountain dogbane
n 1: North American plant similar to common dogbane [syn: {Rocky
Mountain dogbane}, Apocynum pumilum] |
rocky mountain goat
(wn) | Rocky Mountain goat
n 1: sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North
America [syn: mountain goat, Rocky Mountain goat,
Oreamnos americanus] |
rocky mountain jay
(wn) | Rocky Mountain jay
n 1: a Canada jay with a white head; widely distributed from
Montana to Arizona [syn: Rocky Mountain jay, {Perisoreus
canadensis capitalis}] |
rocky mountain national park
(wn) | Rocky Mountain National Park
n 1: a national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and
streams and forests |
rocky mountain pinon
(wn) | Rocky mountain pinon
n 1: small compact two-needled pinon of southwestern United
States; important as a nut pine [syn: {Rocky mountain
pinon}, Pinus edulis] |
rocky mountain sheep
(wn) | Rocky Mountain sheep
n 1: wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America
having massive curled horns [syn: bighorn, {bighorn
sheep}, cimarron, Rocky Mountain bighorn, {Rocky
Mountain sheep}, Ovis canadensis] |
rocky mountain spotted fever
(wn) | Rocky Mountain spotted fever
n 1: caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood
ticks [syn: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, {mountain
fever}, tick fever] |
rocky mountain whitefish
(wn) | Rocky Mountain whitefish
n 1: whitefish of the western United States and Canada [syn:
Rocky Mountain whitefish, Prosopium williamsonii] |
rocky mountains
(wn) | Rocky Mountains
n 1: the chief mountain range of western North America; extends
from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the
continental divide [syn: Rockies, Rocky Mountains] |
rocky mountains cherry
(wn) | Rocky Mountains cherry
n 1: dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having
large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit [syn:
Western sand cherry, Rocky Mountains cherry, {Prunus
besseyi}] |
rocky mountain basic
(foldoc) | Rocky Mountain Basic
The BASIC language used by Hewlett Packard on
their 680x0-based computers. Rocky Mountain Basic is good
for interfaces to IEEE 488 controls and contains many
mathematical and matrix functions. It has about 600 commands.
Typical applications include automatic test stations.
(1996-04-28)
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