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[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]