argali

American  

[ahr-guh-lee] / ˈɑr gə li /

noun

1. a wild sheep, Ovis ammon, of Asia, having long, curved horns that typically form an open, outwardly extended spiral: rare or endangered.

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argali British  

/ ˈɑːɡəlɪ /

noun

1. 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

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• argali
  plural

Etymology

Origin of argali

First recorded in 1770–80; from Mongolian: “female mountain sheep”

Example Sentences

ARGALI, the Tatar name of the great wild sheep, Ovis ammon, of the Altai and other parts of Siberia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various