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Barbary sheep

Syllabification: (Bar·ba·ry sheep)
Definition of Barbary sheep

noun

  • a short-coated sheep with a long neck ruff, found in the high deserts of northern Africa. Also called aoudad.
    • Ammotragus lervia, family Bovidae

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