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musk-sheep Obs.

• 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 also: musk-ox  

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