mutton vs ovine

mutton

noun
  • The meat of a sheep, goat, urial, or other caprine. 

  • Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use. 

  • The meat of sheep used as food. 

  • An old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb. 

  • The meat of goat used as food. 

adj
  • deaf. 

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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