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Caracul

[kar-uh-kuhl]

noun

Karakul.

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caracul (ˈkærəˌkʌl)

—n
1.	Also called: Persian lamb the black loosely curled fur obtained from the skins of newly born lambs of the karakul sheep
2.	a variant spelling of karakul

karakul or caracul (ˈkærək^əl)

—n
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

[C19: from Russian, from the name of a region in Bukhara where the sheep originated]

caracul or caracul

—n

[C19: from Russian, from the name of a region in Bukhara where the sheep originated]

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