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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aoudad \A"ou*dad\, n. [The Moorish name.] (Zool.) An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus lervia, formerly Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs; the wild sheep of northern Africa; -- called also Barbary sheep. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament. Syn: aoudad, arui, Barbary sheep, maned sheep. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]