Gentle creature (4)

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lamb

'gentle creature' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for lamb that I've seen before include "Young sheep" , "Charles ---, essayist; meek animal" , "Young ovine" , "Exemplar of innocence" , "Agnus Dei - . . . . of God" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Star Tribune.

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