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mouflon
n.
wild sheep with short fleece and large curling horns in the males found in the mountains of Sardinia and Corsica
Mouflon
The
mouflon (
Ovis orientalis orientalis group) is a subspecies group of the wild
sheep (
Ovis orientalis). Populations of
O. orientalis can be partitioned into the mouflons (
orientalis group) and the
urials (
vignei group). The mouflon is thought to be one of the two ancestors for all modern
domestic sheep breeds.
mouflon
Noun
1. wild short-fleeced mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia
(synonym) moufflon, Ovis musimon
(hypernym) mountain sheep
(member-holonym) Ovis, genus Ovis
mouflon
nm.
mouflon
Mouflon
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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