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Mouflon

//ˈmuːf.lɒn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A species of wild sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, syn. Ovis aries musimon, endemic to Sardinia and Corsica.

    "One of the most modified domesticates is the sheep, the various breeds of which bear little resemblance to its wild ancestor, the mouflon."

  2. 2
    wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia wordnet

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French mouflon, from Italian muflone. From 1765–1775.

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