ovis musimon

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Ovis musimon
    n 1: wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia [syn:
         {mouflon}, {moufflon}, {Ovis musimon}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mouflon \Mouf"lon\, n. [F. mouflon.] (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}.]
   [1913 Webster]
    

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