musimon

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musimon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mouflon \Mouf"lon\, n. [F. mouflon.] (Zool.)
     A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of
     Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a
     triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to
     be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon
     or musmon. [Written also moufflon.]
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  Musimon \Mus"i*mon\, n. [See Musmon.] (Zool.)
     See Mouflon.
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