or Lamb, in zoology, the young of the ovis or sheep. See OVIS.

AGNUS castrus, in botany, the trivial name of a species of the vitex. See VITEX.

AGNUS Dei, in the church of Rome, a cake of wax stamped with the figure of a lamb supporting a cross.

These being consecrated by the pope with great solemnity, and distributed among the people, are supposed to have great virtues; as, to preserve those who carry them worthily, and with faith, from all manner of accidents; to expel evil spirits, &c. It is also a popular name for that part of the mass, where the priest strikes his breast thrice, and says the prayer beginning with the words Agnus Dei.

AGNUS Scythicus, in botany, the name of a fictitious plant said to grow in Tartary, resembling a lamb.