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–noun

a wild sheep, Ovis musimon, inhabiting the mountainous regions of Sardinia and Corsica, the male of which has large curving horns.

Also, moufflon.

[Origin: 1765–75; < F < It muflone, orig. dial.; cf. Corsican muffolo, Sardinian murone, LL mufrō, s. mufrōn-, presumably < a pre-L substratal language

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mou·flon also mouf·flon Audio Help (mōōf'lŏn') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. mouflon or mou·flons also moufflon or mouf·flons
A small, wild European sheep (Ovis musimon), native to Sardinia and Corsica and having large curving horns in the male.

[French, alteration of Italian dialectal muvrone, from Late Latin mufrō, mufrōn-.]

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mouflon
noun
wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia

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Mouflon

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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