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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia;
[syn: argali, argal, Ovis ammon]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

marco polo sheep \marco polo sheep\, marco polo's sheep \marco polo's sheep\n. An Asiatic wild sheep (Ovis poli) with exceptionally large horns; sometimes considered a variety of the argali: Ovis ammon poli. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Argal \Ar"gal\, Argali \Ar"ga*li\, n. [Mongolian.] (Zool.) A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or Ovis argali), remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central Asia. [1913 Webster] Note: The bearded argali is the aoudad. See Aoudad. The name is also applied to the bighorn sheep of the Rocky Mountains. See Bighorn. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Ovis ammon n 1: wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia [syn: argali, argal, Ovis ammon]