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ewe

  [yoo; Dial. yoh]
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–noun
a female sheep, esp. when fully mature.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE ēowu, ēwe; c. OHG ou, ouwi, D ooi, L ovis, Gk óïs, oîs, Skt ávi
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E⋅we

  [ey-vey, ey-wey]
–noun
1. a member of a people of Togo and Ghana, in western Africa.
2. the Kwa language spoken by the Ewe people.
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ewe   (yōō)   
n.  A female sheep, especially when full grown.

[Middle English, from Old English ēwe, ēowu; see owi- in Indo-European roots.]
E·we   (ā'wā', ā'vā')   
n.   pl. Ewe or E·wes

  1. A member of a people inhabiting southeast Ghana, southern Togo, and southern Benin.

  2. The Gbe language of the Ewe people.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

ewe 
O.E. eowu, fem. of eow "sheep," from P.Gmc. *awi, gen. *awjoz (cf. M.Du. ooge, O.H.G. ouwi, Goth. aweþi "flock of sheep"), from PIE *owi- (cf. Skt. avih, Gk. ois, Lith. avis "sheep," O.C.S. ovica "ewe").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ewe
Pronunciation: 'yü, 'yO
Function: noun
: the female of the sheep especially when mature; also : the female of variousrelated animals
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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