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

Words nearby mouflon

Mo-tzu, MOU, mouchette, mouchoir, moue, mouflon, mought, mouillé, moujik, moulage, mould

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How to use mouflon in a sentence

Many Mongolian goats with the long hairs pulled out are sold as mouflon.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3|Various
We started three wadan or mouflon, churlish animals, fond of such solitudes.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1|James Richardson
Tony unexpectedly argued against a visit to Monte Carlo, and was only eager to attack the mouflon on that inaccessible gean isle.
The Vanity Girl|Compton Mackenzie
The only wild sheep of Europe is the mouflon, found in the mountains of Corsica and Sardinia.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood

These forests have preserved two very interesting survivals of antiquity—the mouflon, and the Corsican or Sardinian bandit.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood

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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