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mou·flon also mouf·flon (m

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n. pl. 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.

[French, alteration of Italian dialectal muvrone, from Late Latin mufr, mufrn-.]

mouflon, moufflon [ˈmuːflɒn]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a wild short-fleeced mountain sheep, Ovis musimon, of Corsica and Sardinia

[via French from Corsican mufrone, from Late Latin mufrō]

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Noun

mouflon - wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia

moufflon, Ovis musimon

genus Ovis, Ovis - sheep

mountain sheep - any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions

Translations

mouflon [ˈmuːflɒn] n (sheep) → muflone m

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