aoudad
a wild sheep, Ammotragus lervia, of northern Africa, having a long fringe of hair on the throat, chest, and forelegs.
Origin of aoudad
1- Also called Barbary sheep.
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How to use aoudad in a sentence
The aoudad is wonderfully active, and even the young ones bound to an astonishing height.
Bible Animals; | J. G. WoodThe aoudad was formerly plentiful in Egypt, and even now is found along the Atlas mountain-range.
Bible Animals; | J. G. WoodPerhaps the Chaldaic "keren" may have been the horn of the aoudad, or of the animal which will next be mentioned.
Story of the Bible Animals | J. G. WoodNo animals of the chase were seen; but our blacks picked up the dung of the ostrich, and a horn of the aoudad.
Water must exist underground, if we may argue from the presence of the aoudad and the gazelle.
British Dictionary definitions for aoudad
/ (ˈɑːʊˌdæd) /
a wild mountain sheep, Ammotragus lervia, of N Africa, having horns curved in a semicircle and long hair covering the neck and forelegs: Also called: Barbary sheep
Origin of aoudad
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