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has gloss | eng: The Icelandic sheep is a breed of domestic sheep. The Icelandic breed is one of the Northern European short-tailed sheep, which exhibit a fluke-shaped, naturally short tail. The Icelandic is a mid-sized breed, generally short legged and stocky, with face and legs free of wool. The fleece of the Icelandic sheep is dual-coated and comes in white as well as a variety of other colors, including a range of browns, grays, and blacks. They exist in both horned and polled strains. Generally left unshorn for the winter, the breed is very cold-hardy. Multiple births are very common in Icelandic ewes, with a lambing percentage of 175% - 220%. A gene also exists in the breed called the Thoka gene, and ewes carrying it have been known to give birth to triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, and even sextuplets on occasion. |
lexicalization | eng: Icelandic sheep |
lexicalization | eng: Icelandic |
instance of | c/Sheep breeds |
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has gloss | glg: A ovella islandesa é unha raza doméstica de ovella. |
lexicalization | glg: islandesa |
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has gloss | swe: Islandsfåret är ett härdigt tamfår som tillhör gruppen kortsvansfår. Fåret har ganska korta ben. Benen och ansiktet är ullfria. Båda könen bär horn. Pälsen kan vara vit, brun, grå och svart. En tacka väger ungefär 68 kilogram och baggarna väger ungefär 80 kilo. Det som gör islandsfåret lite speciellt är den så kallade Thoka-genen. Den gör att tackorna kan få fyrlingar, femlingar och till och med sexlingar. |
lexicalization | swe: Islandsfår |
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media:img | Icelandic sheep summer 06.jpg |
media:img | Icelandic sheep.jpg |
media:img | Icelandic sheep2.jpg |
media:img | Icelandic-Sheep-20030608.JPG |
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