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AOUDAD
aoudad, arui, audad, Barbary sheep, maned sheep, Ammotragus lervia
(noun) wild sheep of northern Africa
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aoudad (plural aoudads)
The Barbary sheep, Ammotragus lervia.
Source: Wiktionary
A"ou*dad, n. Etym: [The Moorish name.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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