Mutton is meat from an older sheep.
(noun)An example of mutton is meat from a heard of fully grown sheep.
See mutton in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME moton < OFr, a ram < ML *multo, sheep, of Celt orig. as in Welsh mollt, Ir molt
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French mouton, moton
Origin: , from Medieval Latin multō, multōn-
Origin: , of Celtic origin; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots
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