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Definition of Musmon
1. n. See Mouflon.
Definition of Musmon
1. a wild sheep [n -S]
Medical Definition of Musmon
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Musmon
Literary usage of Musmon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1890)
"... SHAPES OP SHEEP J THE musmon. In the sheep, it is considered a proof of its
being of a very 63 ..."
2. The Breeds, Management, Structure and Diseases of the Sheep: With by Henry Judson Canfield (1848)
"Wilson, the naturalist, describes the musmon as follows : "It is usually about two
... c The musmon is smaller than the Argali, and its horns turn in at the ..."
3. Mitchell's School Geography: A System of Modern Geography, Comprising a by Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1845)
"A few of the wild Scottish oxen are still preserved in parks in the north of
England; and the musmon, or wild sheep, is found in Sardinia and Corsica. ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"The ancients were acquainted with this animal : Pliny notices the musmon, Musimon
and Ophion. In Candia it is still said to be found. ..."
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