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–noun

a wild sheep, Ammotragus lervia, of northern Africa, having a long fringe of hair on the throat, chest, and forelegs.

Also called Barbary sheep.

[Origin: 1860–65; < F < Berber, equiv. to a- masc. sing. prefix + udad ram

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n. A wild sheep (Ammotragus lervia) of northern Africa, having long, curved horns and a beardlike growth of hair on the neck and chest. Also called Barbary sheep.

[French, from Berber audad.]

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aoudad
noun
wild sheep of northern Africa

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A"ou*dad\, n. [The Moorish name.] (Zo["o]l.) An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.

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