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Lamb, mutton, and hogget (UK, New Zealand and Australia) are the meat of domestic sheep. The meat of a sheep in its first year is lamb; that of a juvenile sheep older than 1 year is hogget; and the meat of an adult sheep is mutton.
Distinct from the meat, a lamb (singular with the indefinite article) or lambs (plural) also describes live juvenile sheep (species Ovis aries), which may or may not be used for meat. In Australia, the term prime lamb is often used to refer to lambs raised for meat.
The definitions for lamb, hogget and mutton vary considerably between countries. In New Zealand for example, they are defined as follows:
In Australia the definitions are extended to include ewes and rams, as well as being stricter on the definition for lamb which is:
Under current United States federal regulations, only the term 'lamb' is used:
The term 'mutton' is rare and 'hogget' unknown in the United States. Keen's steakhouse in New York City is one restaurant that has a "mutton chop" on its menu.
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