argali
a wild sheep, Ovis ammon, of Asia, having long, curved horns that typically form an open, outwardly extended spiral: rare or endangered.
Origin of argali
1- Also argal.
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How to use argali in a sentence
argali, r′ga-li, n. the great wild sheep of Siberia and Central Asia.
But all hearts were gladdened by the welcome sight of some argali, or Siberian sheep, on the slope of a hill.
It has sometimes been said that when the argali leaps from a height it alights on its horns, which break the force of its fall.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History | Theodore WoodSiberia has an argali, that appears altogether to differ from the argali of the Himalayas.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found | Mayne ReidIt may possibly be the same animal that our zoologists have described by the name of argali.
An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal | Fancis Buchanan Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for argali
argal
/ (ˈɑːɡəlɪ) /
a wild sheep, Ovis ammon, inhabiting semidesert regions in central Asia: family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. It is the largest of the sheep, having massive horns in the male, which may almost form a circle
Origin of argali
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