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mouflon
[ moof-lon ]
noun
- a wild sheep, Ovis musimon, inhabiting the mountainous regions of Sardinia and Corsica, the male of which has large curving horns.
mouflon
/ ˈmuːflɒn /
noun
- a wild short-fleeced mountain sheep, Ovis musimon, of Corsica and Sardinia
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Example Sentences
Many Mongolian goats with the long hairs pulled out are sold as mouflon.
We started three wadan or mouflon, churlish animals, fond of such solitudes.
Tony unexpectedly argued against a visit to Monte Carlo, and was only eager to attack the mouflon on that inaccessible gean isle.
The only wild sheep of Europe is the mouflon, found in the mountains of Corsica and Sardinia.
These forests have preserved two very interesting survivals of antiquity—the mouflon, and the Corsican or Sardinian bandit.
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