: 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
Illustration of mouflon
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebFrom the vantage turkeys, francolin fowl, chukar partridge, mouflon sheep, Spanish goats and wild boars could be seen. Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Dec. 2021 Animals that regularly wander around the 925 hectares of the nature reserve include red deer, fallow deer, European bison, wild boar, and mouflon. Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2020 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, 27 Oct. 2017
Word History
Etymology
French mouflon, from Italian dialect muvrone, from Late Latin mufron-, mufro