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| —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 |
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| karakul or caracul (ˈkærəkəl) | |
| —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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