Mouf·lon n. Zool. A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon. [Written also moufflon.]
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Ovis musimon
n : wild short-fleeced mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia
[syn: mouflon, moufflon]