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musk-sheep
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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.