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Mouflon

Mouflon Meaning & Definition
Mouflon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mouflon?

[n] wild short-fleeced mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mouflon: moufflon | Ovis musimon

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See Also | genus Ovis | mountain sheep | Ovis

Mouflon In Webster's Dictionary

\Mouf"lon\, n. [F. mouflon.] (Zo["o]l.) A wild sheep ({Ovis musimon}), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also {musimon} or {musmon}. [Written also {moufflon}.]

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