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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