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Karakul

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Noun

1. broadtail, caracul, karakul

hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Karakul

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noun
1. 
a breed of sheep of central Asia having coarse black, grey, or brown hair: the lambs have soft curled usually black hair
2. 
the fur prepared from these lambs

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Karakul

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noun
1. 
any of a breed of medium-sized sheep native to central Asia, having long, drooping ears, long legs, and a broad, fat tail
2. 
the tightly curled, lustrous fur made from the fleece of its newborn lambs
in this sense commonly sp. caracul

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Karakul

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n.
1. Any of a breed of Central Asian sheep having a wide tail and wool that is curled, glossy, and usually black in the young but brownish or grayish in adults.
2. The pelt of a newborn or sometimes fetal karakul lamb, used for clothing.
3. Wool from a karakul sheep, used for carpet yarn and felting. In all senses also called astrakhan.

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