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mountain sheep†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a sheep, Ovis canadensis, found in the western mountains.
See: bighorn sheep
Quotations
1824
The Mountain sheep & Goats often take the best windings to reach the Summits of the Mountains, but [are] often eccentric & choose entricacies not to be followed by man.
1965
. . . there was one 12-mile road snaking . . . down into a wilderness valley, frequented by mountain sheep and cougars and black bear, only to peter out into nothing.