lamb vs ovine

lamb

noun
  • A young sheep. 

  • One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized. 

  • A simple, unsophisticated person. 

  • A fan of American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer Mariah Carey (born 1969). 

  • A person who is meek, docile and easily led. 

  • The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food. 

verb
  • Of a sheep, to give birth. 

  • To assist (sheep) to give birth. 

ovine

noun
  • An animal from the genus Ovis; a sheep. 

  • A person regarded as resembling a sheep in character; one who is acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly; a sheep. 

adj
  • Resembling a sheep in character; acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly. 

  • Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis. 

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