mouflon

or mouf·flon

[moof-lon]

noun

a wild sheep, Ovis musimon, inhabiting the mountainous regions of Sardinia and Corsica, the male of which has large curving horns.

Origin of mouflon

1765–75; < French < Italian muflone, orig. dial.; compare Corsican muffolo, Sardinian murone, Late Latin mufrō, stem mufrōn-, presumably < a pre-L substratal language

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Examples from the Web for mouflon

Historical Examples of mouflon

What holds good for the buffalo does so also for the mouflon or wild sheep.
Evolution, Old & New
Samuel Butler
When alarmed, the mouflon dash into this cover and are safe.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History
Theodore Wood
There's a desert island in the gean with mouflon that nobody ever succeeds in getting.
The Vanity Girl
Compton Mackenzie
These came from Sardinia, where he had been after Mouflon—he had seen the birds, but was too soon for eggs.
Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O.
J.G. Millais
The Corsican bandit, like the mouflon of the same island, is nearly extinct.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History
Theodore Wood

British Dictionary definitions for mouflon

mouflon

moufflon

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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