mouflon

or mouf·flon

[ moof-lon ]

noun

1. a wild sheep, Ovis musimon, inhabiting the mountainous regions of Sardinia and Corsica, the male of which has large curving horns.

mouflon

/ ˈmuːflɒn /

noun

1. a wild short-fleeced mountain sheep, Ovis musimon, of Corsica and Sardinia

Word History and Origins

Origin of mouflon¹

First recorded in 1765–75; from French, from Italian muflone, originally dialectal; compare Corsican muffolo, Sardinian murone, Late Latin mufrō, stem mufrōn-, presumably from a pre-Latin substratal language

Word History and Origins

Origin of mouflon¹

C18: via French from Corsican mufrone, from Late Latin mufrō

Example Sentences

It also is home to animals including deer, mouflon sheep and wild boars.

From Seattle Times

Beneath soaring limestone walls, the boulder-strewn gorge is home to wildlife such as the mouflon and golden eagles.

From Washington Post

The Holly family brought zebras, impalas, ostriches, cranes, lemurs, giraffes, aoudads, mouflons and sable antelopes, according to the Gainesville Sun.

From Washington Post

"It has already been shown that wherever the wolf appears, the mouflon disappears," it warns.

From BBC

That problem also derailed domestication of North American bighorn sheep, which belong to the same genus as Asiatic mouflon sheep, ancestor of our domestic sheep.

From Literature