aoudad

American  

[ah-oo-dad] / ˈɑ ʊˌdæd /

noun

1. a wild sheep, Ammotragus lervia, of northern Africa, having a long fringe of hair on the throat, chest, and forelegs.

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aoudad British  

/ ˈɑːʊˌdæd /

noun

1. Also called: Barbary sheep.  a wild mountain sheep, Ammotragus lervia, of N Africa, having horns curved in a semicircle and long hair covering the neck and forelegs

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Etymology

Origin of aoudad

1860–65; < French < Berber, equivalent to a- masculine singular prefix + udad ram

Example Sentences

One case study turned out to be Virga’s patient Molly, an aoudad, more commonly known as a Barbary sheep.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2014

And she fought with another aoudad named Libby, though, as Markley is quick to point out, “Libby can be kind of a jerk.”

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2014

Everyone stood looking, the teenagers at the aoudad and the aoudad at the teenagers, until Molly hopped down from the rock and darted away.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2014

Owner Charles Schreiner III has stocked it with imported game from all over the world: deer from Japan, aoudad rams from North Africa, antelope from India, Corsican rams and the twisted-horn eland from Africa.

From Time Magazine Archive

Water must exist underground, if we may argue from the presence of the aoudad and the gazelle.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James