Dall's sheep

American  

[dawlz] / dɔlz /

Or Dall sheep

noun

1. a white-haired wild sheep, Ovis dalli, of mountainous regions of northwestern North America, having curved horns.

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Etymology

Origin of Dall's sheep

1905–10; named after William H. Dall (1845–1927), American naturalist

Example Sentences

According to their analysis, horses only accounted for half of the gray wolf diet, while 15 percent of their diet came from Dall's sheep and caribou.

From Salon

He was just the 23rd bowhunter in the world to complete what’s known as the “Grand Slam” by killing a ram of each of the four main subspecies of wild sheep in North America - the Rocky Mountain bighorn, the desert bighorn, the Dall’s sheep and the Stone’s sheep.

From Washington Times

Back home, Burns practices from that distance daily with his bow, shooting into a life-size Dall’s sheep made of foam.

From New York Times

Of Dall's sheep, the white Alaskan form, we are told that its favorite feeding grounds are bald hills and elevated plateaus, and although when pursued and wounded it takes to precipitous cliffs, and perhaps even to tall mountain peaks, the land of its choice appears to be not rough rocks, but rather the level or rolling upland.

From Project Gutenberg

Of Dall's sheep, Mr. Stone declares that it is rapidly growing scarcer, and this statement is based not only on his own observation, but on reports made to him by the Indians.

From Project Gutenberg