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A primitive, heritage sheep of a breed native to the Isle of Man, characterised by dark brown wool with usually four, or occasionally six, horns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Manx longhorn
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Manx lugh dhoan or lugh dhone which means mouse-brown and describes the colour of the sheep. The first syllable is from luch, from *lukūts (compare Welsh llyg (“shrew”), llygod (“mice”), and Breton logod (“mice”); and the last syllable from donn, from *dusnos (“brown”), from *dhewh2- (“smoke”).
