μῆλον · mēlon — LSJ
sheep, goat, rams, wethers, sheep, goats, small cattle, sheep, bull, of herds, beasts, sacrificial beasts, beasts of chase
sheep or goat, ἢ βοῦν ἠέ τι μῆλον Od. 12.301 (cf. 299); μῆλον, ζατρεφέων αἰγῶν ὅς τις φαίνηται ἄριστος 14.105; elsewh. Hom. uses the pl. (to distinguish the gender, an Adj. is added, ἄρσενα μ. rams, wethers, Od. 9.438; ἔνορχα μ. Il. 23.147) to denote sheep or goats, ἔνθα δὲ πολλὰ μῆλʼ, ὄϊές τε καὶ αἶγες, ἰαύεσκον Od. 9.184; ὡς δὲ λέων μήλοισιν . . ἐπελθών, αἴγεσιν ἢ ὀΐεσσι Il. 10.485: generally, small cattle, opp. βόες, βόες καὶ ἴφια μ. 9.406, cf. Hes. Op. 786, 795, etc.; μ. καὶ βοῶν ἀγέλας Pi.