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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mouflon  \Mouf"lon\,  n.  [F.  mouflon.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mouflon 
  n  :  wild  short-fleeced  mountain  sheep  of  Corsica  and  Sardinia 
  [syn:  {moufflon},  {Ovis  musimon}] 




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