mouflons

Variant of mouflon

mouflon definition

mouf·lon (mo̵̅o̅f′län′)

noun pl. mouflons -·lons′ or mouflon -·lon′

    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)
  2. the wool of these sheep

Etymology: 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 mouf′·flon′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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