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mouflon

(mo̵̅o̅f′län′)

1. a wild sheep (Ovis musimon) native to the mountainous regions of Corsica and Sardinia: the male has large, curving horns
2. a similar Asiatic sheep (O. orientalis)
the wool of these sheep

Origin: Fr mouflon < It dial. muffolo, for muffione < LL dial. mufro, akin to L musimo, wild sheep < a pre-L western Mediterranean native term

Also moufflon

See mouflon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also mouf·flon

noun pl. mouflon 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.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , alteration of Italian dialectal muvrone

Origin: , from Late Latin mufrō, mufrōn-

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