A·ou·dad n. 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.
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Barbary sheep
n : wild sheep of northern Africa [syn: aoudad, arui, audad,
maned sheep, Ammotragus lervia]