mouflon

noun mou·flon \ mü-ˈflōⁿ \

variants: or less commonly moufflon

Definition of mouflon

: either of two wild sheep (Ovis orientalis and O. musimon) of the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica and western Asia that have large curling horns in the males and are sometimes included in a single species

Recent Examples of mouflon from the Web

Relics of centuries-old monasteries dot the province’s foothills and spring up from gorges, while mouflon—a type of wild sheep—and bezoar goat roam the cliffsides among wild pear and plum trees.

— laura kiniry, Smithsonian, "How Mobile Wine-Tasting Rooms Could Revolutionize Armenian Wine Country," 27 Oct. 2017

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