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mouflon

  • /ˈmuːflɒn/ UK
  • /ˈmuːflɑn/ US

Rhymes with -uːflɒn

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Unadapted borrowing from French mouflon, from Italian muflone. From 1765–1775.

noun mouflons · moufflon · mufflon · muflon

  1. A species of wild sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, syn. Ovis aries musimon, endemic to Sardinia and Corsica. One of the most modified domesticates is the sheep, the various breeds of which bear little resemblance to its wild ancestor, the mouflon.

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noun sheep

Españolmuflón
日本語ムフロン mufuron
Portuguêsmuflão
Françaismouflon
DeutschMufflon
Italianomuflone
Ελληνικάμουφλόν mouflón
Românămuflon
Русскиймуфло́н muflón
العربيةأُرْوِيَّة ʔurwiyya

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"mouflon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mouflon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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mouflon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mouflon

Chicago

"mouflon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mouflon.

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@misc{mouflon_2026,
  title = {mouflon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mouflon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}