[ahr-guh-lee] 
| a wild sheep, Ovis ammon, of Asia, having long, curved horns that typically form an open, outwardly extended spiral: rare or endangered. |
| ar·ga·li (är'gə-lē) n. pl. argali or ar·ga·lis A large wild sheep (Ovis ammon) of the mountains of central and northern Asia, having large, spirally curved horns. [Mongolian arghali, mountain ewe.] |
argali
(Ovis ammon), the largest living wild sheep, found in the highlands of eastern Central Asia. It may stand 1.3 m (4 feet) high at the shoulders and weigh more than 140 kg (300 pounds). Large horns, present in the rams, are especially massive in the Pamir argali, or Marco Polo sheep, in which they may be 1.8 m (6 feet) or more in length
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