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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ewe \Ewe\ ([=u]), noun [AS. e['o]wu; akin to D. ooi, OHG. awi, ouwi, Icel. [ae]r, Goth. aw[=e][thorn]i a flock of sheep, awistr a sheepfold, Lith. avis a sheep, L. ovis, Gr. 'o'i:s, Skr. avi. [root]231.] (Zo["o]l.) The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Ewe
noun
1: a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana
2: a Kwa language spoken by the Ewe people in Ghana and Togo and Benin
3: female sheep
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "ewe": Partlet, bellwether, biddy, bitch, bossy, brood mare, cow, doe, ewe lamb, filly, guinea hen, gyp, heifer, hen, hind, jenny, jumbuck, lamb, lambkin, lioness, mare, mutton, nanny, nanny goat, peahen, ram, roe, she-bear, she-goat, she-lion, sheep, slut, sow, teg, tigress, tup, vixen, wether, yeanling
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