the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > flock of > inferior member of (4)
Farming. (See quots.) Cf. cull, n.3 2.
An old or diseased sheep which is removed from the flock; a crone.
An inferior sheep separated from the rest of the flock. Obsolete. rare.
Farming. An animal drafted from the flock as being inferior or too old for breeding; usually fattened for the market. Also, a bird drafted as…