merino

From Spanish merino.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈɹinoʊ/

merino (countable and uncountable, plural merinos)

1. (countable) A sheep of a Spanish breed with long, fine hair.
2. (uncountable) The wool of this sheep.
3. The fabric made from this wool (or from any similar yarn).
4. A yarn made from a combination of wool and cotton in imitation of this wool.

fabric

• 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 5

  The Priest pulled the light merino carriage rug higher about his knees.

• E minor, Minero, Monier, Romine, monier, normie

merino

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of meriare
2. third-person plural imperative of meriare

From Late Latin maiorīnus.

• IPA^(key): /meˈɾino/

merino (feminine singular merina, masculine plural merinos, feminine plural merinas)

1. merino (relating to the sheep or wool)

merino m (plural merinos)

1. merino (wool or fabric)
2. (historical, Spain) a count who had jurisdiction over a merindad

• “merino” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.