aoudad

[ ah-oo-dad ]

/ ˈɑ ʊˌdæd /

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noun

a wild sheep, Ammotragus lervia, of northern Africa, having a long fringe of hair on the throat, chest, and forelegs.

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Also called Barbary sheep.

Origin of aoudad

1860–65; <French <Berber, equivalent to a- masculine singular prefix + udad ram

Words nearby aoudad

aortoclasia, aortography, Aosta, Aotearoa, A.O.U., aoudad, Aouita, AP, apa, apace, apache

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How to use aoudad in a sentence

The Aoudad is wonderfully active, and even the young ones bound to an astonishing height.
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood
The Aoudad was formerly plentiful in Egypt, and even now is found along the Atlas mountain-range.
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood
Perhaps the Chaldaic "keren" may have been the horn of the Aoudad, or of the animal which will next be mentioned.
Story of the Bible Animals|J. G. Wood
No animals of the chase were seen; but our blacks picked up the dung of the ostrich, and a horn of the aoudad.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1|James Richardson

Water must exist underground, if we may argue from the presence of the aoudad and the gazelle.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1|James Richardson

British Dictionary definitions for aoudad

aoudad

/ (ˈɑːʊˌdæd) /

noun

a wild mountain sheep, Ammotragus lervia, of N Africa, having horns curved in a semicircle and long hair covering the neck and forelegsAlso called: Barbary sheep

Word Origin for aoudad

from French, from Berber audad

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