Soay

Noun

 * 1) A primitive breed of domestic sheep descended from feral sheep on the island of, Scotland.
 * 2) * 1961 August 3, Peter Jewell, The wild sheep of St Kilda, New Scientist, No. 246, page 268,
 * These apparently wild Soay sheep have bred on the island for centuries, virtually untended by Man. They are a relic of primitive domestic sheep, little improved from their wild progenitors.
 * These apparently wild Soay sheep have bred on the island for centuries, virtually untended by Man. They are a relic of primitive domestic sheep, little improved from their wild progenitors.

Usage notes
The Soay sheep is not taxonomically distinguished from the domestic sheep (both are ).