karakul

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: kar=a=kul

CIDE DICTIONARY

karakul, prop. n. [Russ. karakul' curly fleece of Bokhara and Khiva sheep.].

•  A type of Astrakhan, esp. in fine grades, obtained from the Karakul sheep. See sense 2 and cf. Caracul.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  A hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia, bearing a soft curly fleece that is black in the young lambs, but which grows brown or gray when adult; the lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  A large lake in the Pamirs of Central Asia, lying 13,200 feet above sea level.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

karakul, n. (also caracul)
1 a variety of Asian sheep with a dark curled fleece when young.
2 fur made from or resembling this. Also called Persian lamb.

Etymology

Russ.