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noun, masculine

carnero

/kaɾˈneɾo/

noun, masculine/kaɾˈneɾo/plural: carneros

a sheep, a ram (woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis, especially a male); sheepskin (skin of a sheep); mutton (flesh of sheep used as food); strikebreaker, scab (non-unionized worker hired to replace striking workers); warty venus

Synonyms: oveja, badana, rompehuelgas, esquirol

Inherited from Latin (agnus) carnārius. Compare Galician and Portuguese carneiro.