Holmes is an English-language surname with several origins.
Click here to see some of our 'fixies'. What's a fixie?. âFixie is short for âfixed gear,â which is a slang term for bicycles that have drivetrains with one gear that's fixed to the rear wheel so that you cannot coast and must continue pedaling whenever the bike's moving.
Scrapie, also called rida or tremblante du mouton, fatal neurodegenerative disease of sheep and goats. Scrapie has been endemic in British sheep, particularly the Suffolk breed, since the early 18th century. Since that time the disease has been detected in countries worldwide, with the exception of Australia and New Zealand, as well as in other breeds of sheep.