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Soays

Soays is the plural of Soay.

Meaning of Soay

Noun

Soay (plural Soays)

  1. A primitive breed of domestic sheep descended from feral sheep on the island of Soay, Scotland.
    • These apparently wild Soay sheep have bred on the island for centuries, virtually untended by Man. They are a relic of primitive domestic sheep, little improved from their wild progenitors.1961 August 3, Peter Jewell, The wild sheep of St Kilda, New Scientist, No. 246, page 268
    Synonyms:
    Soay sheep

Questions about Soays

What is Soays the plural of?
Soays is the plural of Soay.

Words near Soays in the dictionary

  1. soars
  2. SOAs
  3. Soave
  4. Soaves
  5. Soay
  6. Soays
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  8. sob sister
  9. sob sisters
  10. SOB stew
  11. sob stories

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