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English Dictionary: Ovis ammon by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ovis ammon
n
  1. wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia [syn: argali, argal, Ovis ammon]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Argal \[d8]Ar"gal\, d8Argali \[d8]Ar"ga*li\, n. [Mongolian.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A species of wild sheep ({Ovis ammon}, or {O. argali}),
      remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of
      Siberia and central Asia.
  
      Note: The bearded argali is the aoudad. See {Aoudad}. The
               name is also applied to the bighorn sheep of the Rocky
               Mountains. See {Bighorn}.
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