in Zoology, the young of the sheep kind. See Ovis, Mammalia Index.

Scythian Lamb, a kind of moss, which grows about the roots of fern in some of the northern parts of Europe and Asia, and sometimes assumes the form of a quadruped; so called from a supposed resemblance in shape to that animal. It has something like four feet, and its body is covered with a kind of down. Travellers report that it will suffer no vegetable to grow within a certain distance of its seat. Sir Hans Sloane read a memoir upon this plant before the Society; for which those who think it worth while may consult their Transactions.