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[syn: aoudad, arui, audad, Barbary sheep, maned sheep, Ammotragus lervia]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
maned sheep \maned sheep\ n.
A type of wild sheep (Ammotragus lervia) of northern
Africa; called also Barbary sheep and aoudad.
Syn: aoudad, arui, audad, Barbary sheep, Ammotragus lervia.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Aoudad \A"ou*dad\, n. [The Moorish name.] (Zool.)
An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus lervia,
formerly Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the
breast and fore legs; the wild sheep of northern Africa; --
called also Barbary sheep. It is, perhaps, the chamois of
the Old Testament.
Syn: aoudad, arui, Barbary sheep, maned sheep.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
arui \arui\ n.
1. a wild sheep (Ammotragus lervia) of northern Africa,
having a thick mane on the throat, chest, and forelegs; --
also called the aoudad and Barbary sheep.
Syn: aoudad, audad, Barbary sheep, maned sheep.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Barbary sheep
n 1: wild sheep of northern Africa [syn: aoudad, arui,
audad, Barbary sheep, maned sheep, Ammotragus
lervia]