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merino
The Merino is an economically influential breed of sheep prized for its wool. The breed is originally from Alentejo, south Portugal, from where it was introduced to Spain; its wool was already highly valued in the Middle Ages. Today, Merinos are still regarded as having some of the finest and softest wool of any sheep. Poll Merinos have no horns (or very small stubs, known as scurs), and horned Merino rams have long, spiral horns which grow close to the head.
==Etymology==
Two suggested origins for the Portuguese word ''merino'' are:
*It may be an adaptation to the sheep of the name of a Leonese official inspector (''merino'') over a ''merindad'', who may have also inspected sheep pastures. This word is from the medieval Latin ''maiorinus'', a steward or head official of a village, from ''maior'', meaning "greater".
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