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Webster 1913 Edition
Mouflon
Mouf′lon
,Noun.
[F.
mouflon
.] (Zool.)
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
.] Definition 2024
mouflon
mouflon
English
A mouflon
Alternative forms
Noun
mouflon (plural mouflons)
- A species of wild sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, syn. Ovis aries musimon, endemic to Sardinia and Corsica. [From 1765-75.]
Translations
sheep
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