Mouflon — in the Buffalo Zoo Conservation status … Wikipedia
mouflon — [ muflɔ̃ ] n. m. • 1754; muffle 1556; it. muflone, bas lat. dial. mufro ♦ Mammifère ruminant ongulé, très proche du bouquetin. Les mouflons mâles portent de grosses cornes recourbées en volute. ● mouflon nom masculin (italien dialectal muflone,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
mouflon — [mo͞of′län΄] n. pl. mouflons or mouflon [Fr mouflon < It dial. muffolo, for muffione < LL dial. mufro, akin to L musimo, wild sheep < a pre L western Mediterranean native term] 1. a) a wild sheep (Ovis musimon) native to the mountainous… … English World dictionary
Mouflon — Mouf lon, n. [F. mouflon.] (Zo[ o]l.) 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mouflon — (spr. Mufflong), Name mehrer wilder Schafarten, bes. des Aegoceros s. Musimon Bonap., auch der sardinische od. gemeine Mouflon, ferner nennt man so Aeg. s. Ovis orientalis, als persischer M., Aeg. s. O. montanus, als amerikanischer M., u.… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Mouflon — Mouflon, s. Schaf; M. als Fell, s. Ziege … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Mouflon — Nom vernaculaire ou nom normalisé ambigu : Le terme « Mouflon » s applique en français à plusieurs taxons distincts. Mouflon … Wikipédia en Français
mouflon — kalninis avinas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Ovis ammon angl. argali; moufflon; mouflon; mufflon; muflon; urical moufflon; wild sheep vok. Archar; Argali; europäischer Mufflon; Mufflon;… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
mouflon — /moohf lon/, n. a wild sheep, Ovis musimon, inhabiting the mountainous regions of Sardinia and Corsica, the male of which has large curving horns. Also, moufflon. [1765 75; < F < It muflone, orig. dial.; cf. Corsican muffolo, Sardinian murone, LL … Universalium
mouflon — also moufflon noun Etymology: French mouflon, from Italian dialect muvrone, from Late Latin mufron , mufro Date: 1774 either of two wild sheep (Ovis orientalis and O. musimon) of the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica and western Asia that have large … New Collegiate Dictionary