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mouflon
or mouf·flon
[ moof-lon ]
/ ˈmuf lɒn /
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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.
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Origin of mouflon
First recorded in 1765–75; from French, from Italian muflone, originally dialectal; compare Corsican muffolo, Sardinian murone, Late Latin mufrō, stem mufrōn-, presumably from a pre-Latin substratal language
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British Dictionary definitions for mouflon
mouflon
moufflon
/ (ˈmuːflɒn) /
noun
a wild short-fleeced mountain sheep, Ovis musimon, of Corsica and Sardinia
Word Origin for mouflon
C18: via French from Corsican mufrone, from Late Latin mufrō
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