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a⋅ou⋅dad

  [ah-oo-dad]
–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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a·ou·dad   (ä'ŏŏ-dād', ou'dād')   
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.]
Barbary sheep  
n.  See aoudad.
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