DCHP-3

musk-sheep

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a bovine ruminant, Ovibos moschatus, having characteristics of both the ox and the sheep but having shaggy, dark brown to black hair, found in the Arctic regions.

See: musk-ox

Quotations

1892
. . . we suddenly came upon the musk-sheep in a little sheltered valley where the dwarf willows surrounded a large pool.