Lamb

Lamb

Lamb and mutton is the meat attained from the killing of domestic sheep. The meat of a sheep in its first year is lamb, the meat of juvenile sheep older than a year is called hogget, the meat of an adult sheep is called mutton.

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Lamb

scabby mouth, contagious ecthyma

Meat products; Lamb

A highly contagious viral disease of sheep (and goats) attacking damaged skin areas around the mouth and causing sores, usually affecting lambs in their first year of life.

plain bodied

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A sheep that has relatively few body wrinkles.

fleece

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The wool covering of a sheep.

ewe

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A female sheep capable of producing lambs. In areas where "gimmer" or similar terms are used for young females, may refer to a female only after her first lamb.