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Wether (other)
Wether may refer to: *A castrated male goat *A castrated male Domestic sheep, sheep *Wether Down, a hill in Hampshire *Wether Hill (Lake District), a hill in Cumbria *Wether Holm (other) See also * Wethers, a surname * Bellwether * Whether * Weather (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goat
The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a species of Caprinae, goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae, meaning it is closely related to the sheep. It was one of the first animals to be domesticated, in Iran around 10,000 years ago. Goats have been used for milk, Goat meat, meat, Animal fur, wool, and Animal skin, skins across much of the world. Milk from goats is often turned into goat cheese, cheese. In 2022, there were more than 1.1 billion goats living in the world, of which 150 million were in India. Goats feature in mythology, folklore, and religion in many parts of the world, including in the classical myth of Amalthea (mythology), Amalthea, in Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, the goats that pulled the chariot of the Norse god Thor, in the Scandinavian Yule goat, and in Hinduism's goat-headed Daksha. In Christianity and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domestic Sheep
Sheep (: sheep) or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus '' Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated sheep. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Numbering a little over one billion, domestic sheep are also the most numerous species of sheep. An adult female is referred to as a ''ewe'' ( ), an intact male as a ''ram'', occasionally a ''tup'', a castrated male as a ''wether'', and a young sheep as a ''lamb''. Sheep are most likely descended from the wild mouflon of Europe and Asia, with Iran being a geographic envelope of the domestication center. One of the earliest animals to be domesticated for agricultural purposes, sheep are raised for fleeces, meat ( lamb, hogget or mutton), and milk. A sheep's wool is the most widely used animal fiber, and is usually harvested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wether Down
Wether Down is one of the highest hills in the county of Hampshire, England, and in the South Downs, rising to above sea level. Wether Hill is largely treeless and there is a trig point and transmission mast at the summit. Cross dykes and a long barrow in the vicinity provide evidence of prehistoric settlement in the area.Ordnance Survey The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see Artillery, ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of ... 1:50,000 ''Landranger'' series. References Hills of Hampshire {{Hampshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wether Hill (Lake District)
Wether Hill is a fell in the English Lake District, between Martindale and Haweswater. It lies on the main north-south ridge of the Far Eastern Fells between Loadpot Hill and High Raise. Lesser ridges also radiate out to the east and north-west. It should not be confused with Wether Hill in north Northumberland. Topography North of Wether Hill, across a broad depression, is Loadpot Hill, the height of the two being almost equal. Flowing east from this col is Howe Grain, a feeder of Cawdale Beck. This in turn flows through a U-shaped valley and finally – renamed Howes Beck – passes through Bampton to the Lowther. Between Cawdale Beck and the Haweswater catchment further south runs Wether Hill's three mile eastern ridge. This begins at High Kop on the summit plateau and then narrows to form the subsidiary height of Low Kop (). From here a spur runs north east down The Hause into Cawdale. The east ridge however continues over Bampton Fell to a series of rocky tops above ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wether Holm (other)
Wether Holm or Wedder Holm is the name of several Shetland Islands in Scotland. It means 'small and rounded islet of the Domestic sheep, wether'. * Wether Holm, Hamnavoe, by Samphrey in Yell Sound * Wether Holm, Out Skerries, in the Out Skerries * Wether Holm, West Linga, near Whalsay * Wedder Holm, Uyea, by Uyea, Unst {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wethers
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Wethers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Brian Wethers (born 1980), American basketball player * Doris L. Wethers (1927–2019), American pediatrician * Matthew James Wethers (born 1985), Australian motorcycle speedway rider See also * Grey Wethers, two neolithic sites in England *Wether (other) Wether may refer to: *A castrated male goat *A castrated male Domestic sheep, sheep *Wether Down, a hill in Hampshire *Wether Hill (Lake District), a hill in Cumbria *Wether Holm (other) See also * Wethers, a surname * Bellwether * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellwether
A bellwether is a leader or an indicator of trends.bellwether " ''Cambridge Dictionary''. Retrieved 2022-01-22. In , the term often applies in a metaphorical sense to characterize a geographic region where political tendencies match in microcosm those of a wider area, such that the result of an in the former region might predict the eventual result in the latter. In |
Whether
In English, the interrogative words (sometimes known as "''wh'' words") may be divided into those associated with asking open-ended questions (''how'', ''what'', ''when'', ''where'', ''which'', ''who'', ''whom'', ''whose'', and ''why'', all of which also have ''-ever'' forms, e.g., ''whatever'') and those associated with asking closed-ended questions (''whether'' and ''if''). The main role of these words is to mark a clause as interrogative. For example, ''How did you do it?'' is marked as an interrogative clause by the presence of ''how'', and in ''I wonder whether it's true'', ''whether'' marks the subordinate clause ''whether it's true'' as interrogative. Extended membership Along with the words listed above, the members include some older or archaic words, including ''whence'', ''whither'', and other compound prepositions such as ''whereby'', ''wherein'', formed from one of the central interrogative words plus a preposition. Semantics Semantically speaking, when used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
