devon

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a county (= an area with its own local government) in southwestern England:

He was born in Plymouth, Devon.

Lundy Island is located off the north Devon coast.

a type of dark red-brown cow, originally from Devon in the UK, kept for its meat:

Our Devon cattle graze freely on 100 acres of lush waterfront pasture in Virginia.

The farm shop sells Red Devon beef and free-range eggs.

All of our beef is pure Red Ruby, which is native to this area.