Ridgels

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Lambs that have not been castrated but have only one testicle descended ; sheep or rams with a single testicle visible and the other retained within the body
2. Male sheep exhibiting an undescended testicle condition ; animals of the ovine species in which only one testis is externally apparent
3. Members of a flock, particularly males, having only one testicle descended into the scrotum while the other remains abdominal ; sheep with this partial or incomplete castration state

Etymology: "Ridgels" is simply the plural of "ridgel," a noun for a male sheep with only one testicle descended into the scrotum, the other remaining in the abdomen. The singular form carries the core meaning, and the plural names the animals in a flock that share the condition.

Synonyms: ridges, hills, rises, crests, spines

Antonyms: valleys, depressions, troughs, basins, pits