Definition of Ovis musimon

1. Noun. Wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia.

Exact synonyms: Moufflon, Mouflon
Group relationships: Genus Ovis, Ovis
Generic synonyms: Mountain Sheep

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovis Musimon

Ovalipes
Ovalipes ocellatus
Overijssel
Ovibos
Ovibos moschatus
Ovid
Ovidian
Oviedan
Oviedo
Ovimbundu
Ovis
Ovis ammon
Ovis aries
Ovis canadensis
Ovis montana dalli
Ovis musimon (current term)
Ovis poli
Ovis vignei
Ovocon
Ovral
Ovrette
Ovulen
Owen
Owen's lines
Owen Glendower
Owen Wister
Owenian
Owenite
Owenites
Owens

Literary usage of Ovis musimon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1905)
"... and Ovis musimon, which last certainly during the Pleistocene was already an inhabitant of Sardinia, and most probably also of Corsica. ..."

2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1886)
"... between a male Ovis Aries and a female Ovis musimon; in 1871 two hybrids between Ovis musimon, the Corsican Moufflon, and our Indian Ovis ..."

3. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1901)
"I here wish to state, from my own knowledge, that Ovis musimon crosses readily with domestic sheep, and that such crosses again breed ..."

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