Stone sheep

noun

1. a wild sheep found in the Yukon and the northern Rocky Mountains

Word History and Origins

Origin of Stone sheep¹

C19: after the US naturalist Andrew Jackson Stone, who first discovered the breed in 1896

Example Sentences

Don Jr’s regular trips to the Yukon mountains to hunt stone sheep are actually kind of pricey – one in August 2017 cost the Secret Service $16,600, according to Politico.

From The Guardian

It’s the setting of a fantastical tea party, complete with a host of fanciful guests—stately bronze gorillas, a flock of stone sheep, cabbages that have sprouted legs.

From Architectural Digest