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Exmoor

American  
[eks-moor, -mawr, -mohr] / ˈɛks mʊər, -mɔr, -moʊr /

noun

  1. a moorland in SW England, in Somersetshire and Devonshire: the scene of Blackmore's novel, Lorna Doone.


Exmoor British  
/ ˈɛksˌmʊə, -ˌmɔː /

noun

  1. a high moorland in SW England, in W Somerset and N Devon: chiefly grazing ground for Exmoor ponies, sheep, and red deer

  2. a small stocky breed of pony with a fawn-coloured nose, originally from Exmoor

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Everything has been built from scratch, and as they share the hills with Exmoor ponies, their busy fast-paced lives in London seem like a distant memory.

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Pine martens are roaming around Exmoor National Park for the first time in a century, conservationists have revealed.

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Mr Baker founded the business on an Exmoor farm in 1988, making ice cream out of a neighbour's milk.

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The community in Minehead, Somerset, has been left devastated by the crash which happened on the way back from a school trip to Exmoor Zoo on Thursday.

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A spokesperson for Exmoor Zoo said they "cannot believe that fate has been so cruel to such a lovely, lively, well-behaved group of children".

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