Definitions for aoudadˈɑ ʊˌdæd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

a•ou•dadˈɑ ʊˌdæd(n.)

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

    Category: Mammals

    Ref: Also called Barbary sheep.

Origin of aoudad:

1860–65; < F < Berber

Princeton's WordNet

  1. aoudad, arui, audad, Barbary sheep, maned sheep, Ammotragus lervia(noun)

    wild sheep of northern Africa

Wiktionary

  1. aoudad(Noun)

    The Barbary sheep, Ammotragus lervia

Webster Dictionary

  1. Aoudad(noun)

    an African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament


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