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Meaning of AOUDAD

Pronunciation:  'âû`dad

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  wild sheep of northern Africa
 
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 Synonyms: Ammotragus lervia, arui, audad, Barbary sheep, maned sheep
 
 See Also: Ammotragus, genus Ammotragus, wild sheep

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\A"ou*dad\, n. [The Moorish name.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
 

 

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