MOUNTAIN SHEEP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain sheep mean? 

• MOUNTAIN SHEEP (noun)
  The noun MOUNTAIN SHEEP has 1 sense:

1. any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions

  Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN SHEEP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOUNTAIN SHEEP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mountain sheep" is a kind of...):

wild sheep (undomesticated sheep)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mountain sheep"):

bighorn; bighorn sheep; cimarron; Ovis canadensis; Rocky Mountain bighorn; Rocky Mountain sheep (wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns)

moufflon; mouflon; Ovis musimon (wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia)