Brewer's: Scythian

or Tartarian Lamb (The). Agnus Scythicus, a kind of fern, called the borametz, or polypodium of Cayenne. It is said to resemble a lamb, and even in some cases to be mistaken for one.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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