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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia [syn: argali, argal, Ovis ammon]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Mongolian Date: circa 1774 a large wild sheep (Ovis ammon) of central Asia with the ram having massive horns

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. same) a large Asiatic wild sheep, Ovis ammon, with massive horns. Etymology: Mongol

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Argal Ar"gal, Argali Ar"ga*li, n. [Mongolian.] (Zo["o]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.