Definition of "mountain sheep" []

• See bighorn. (noun)
• A wild sheep inhabiting a mountainous area. (noun)

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• "When his offensive spirit had left his body, the mountain sheep or the lakeland skark or whatever animal fed here would eventually overcome its fear, and nibble the grass right up to his limbs, keeping it shorn around him."