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lamb: see mutton; sheep.

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lamb

Live sheep before the age of one year, and the flesh of such animals. The flesh of the mature ram or ewe at least one year old is called mutton; the meat of sheep 12–20 months old may be called yearling mutton. The meat of sheep 6–10 weeks old is usually sold as baby lamb, and spring lamb comes from sheep 5–6 months old. The primary lamb- and mutton-consuming countries (on a per capita basis) are New Zealand and Australia.

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lamb

the young of a sheep

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Lamb¹

1. Charles, pen name Elia. 1775--1834, English essayist and critic. He collaborated with his sister Mary on Tales from Shakespeare (1807). His other works include Specimens of English Dramatic Poets (1808) and the largely autobiographical essays collected in Essays of Elia (1823; 1833)

2. Willis Eugene. born 1913, US physicist. He detected the small difference in energy between two states of the hydrogen atom (Lamb shift). Nobel prize for physics 1955

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Lamb²

the. a title given to Christ in the New Testament

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lamb [lam]

(vertebrate zoology)

A young sheep.

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lamb

the Lord as the sacrificial animal. [Christian Symbolism: O.T.: Isaiah 53:7; N.T.: John 1:29]

See : Christ

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lamb

attribute of young woman; personification of guiltlessness. [Art: Hall, 161]

See : Innocence