argali

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argali - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Argal \Ar"gal\, Argali \Ar"ga*li\, n. [Mongolian.] (Zool.)
     A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or Ovis argali),
     remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of
     Siberia and central Asia.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The bearded argali is the aoudad. See Aoudad. The
           name is also applied to the bighorn sheep of the Rocky
           Mountains. See Bighorn.
           [1913 Webster]

argali - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  argali
      n 1: wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia [syn:
           argali, argal, Ovis ammon]