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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. wild sheep of northern Africa;
[syn: aoudad, arui, audad, Barbary sheep, maned sheep, Ammotragus lervia]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

maned sheep \maned sheep\ n. A type of wild sheep (Ammotragus lervia) of northern Africa; called also Barbary sheep and aoudad. Syn: aoudad, arui, audad, Barbary sheep, Ammotragus lervia. [WordNet 1.5]
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

arui \arui\ n. 1. a wild sheep (Ammotragus lervia) of northern Africa, having a thick mane on the throat, chest, and forelegs; -- also called the aoudad and Barbary sheep. Syn: aoudad, audad, Barbary sheep, maned sheep. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

aoudad n 1: wild sheep of northern Africa [syn: aoudad, arui, audad, Barbary sheep, maned sheep, Ammotragus lervia]