Common Species Names - Sheep

Lay people and professionals use terms to describe in one word the status of an animal. The term may relate to the sexual status of an animal (intact or sexually functional, or altered or sexually nonfunctional) or the age status of an animal. Terms have also been derived to denote the process of giving birth and the grouping of animals.

ovine (ō-vīn): sheep

ram: intact (not sexually altered) male sheep

ewe (yoo): intact female sheep

wether (wheh-thər): castrated male sheep

lamb: young sheep

lambing: giving birth to sheep

flock: group of sheep