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moufflon

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mouf⋅lon

[moof-lon]
–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   (mōōf'lŏn')   
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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