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mouflon

or ³¾´Ç³Ü´Ú·´Ú±ô´Ç²Ô

[ 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

/ ˈ³¾³ÜË´Ú±ôÉ’²Ô /

noun

  1. a wild short-fleeced mountain sheep, Ovis musimon, of Corsica and Sardinia
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˜yÐÄvlog 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 ³¾³Ü´Ú°ùÅ, stem ³¾³Ü´Ú°ùŲÔ-, presumably from a pre-Latin substratal language
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mouflon1

C18: via French from Corsican mufrone, from Late Latin ³¾³Ü´Ú°ùÅ
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It also is home to animals including deer, mouflon sheep and wild boars.

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

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

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

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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.

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