mouflon
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mou·flon
also mouf·flon (mo͞of′lŏn′)n. pl. mouflon or mou·flons also moufflon or mouf·flons
A small wild sheep (Ovis orientalis syn. O. gmelini) native to southwestern Asia and islands of the Mediterranean, having a brown coat and, in the male, a white patch on the back and curved horns.
[French, alteration of Italian dialectal muvrone, from Late Latin mufrō, mufrōn-.]
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mouflon
(ˈmuːflɒn) ormoufflon
n
(Animals) a wild short-fleeced mountain sheep, Ovis musimon, of Corsica and Sardinia
[C18: via French from Corsican mufrone, from Late Latin mufrō]
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mouf•lon
or mouf•flon
(ˈmuf lɒn)n.
a wild sheep, Ovis musimon, inhabiting the mountainous regions of Sardinia and Corsica, the male of which has large curving horns.
[1765–75; < French < Italian muflone, orig. dial.; compare Corsican muffolo, Sardinian murone, Late Latin mufrō, s. mufrōn-]
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Noun | 1. | mouflon - wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia genus Ovis, Ovis - sheep mountain sheep - any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions |
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