Aoudad
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The Barbary sheep, Ammotragus lervia.
"Aoudads compete with native deer and actually run them off shared range, according to TPWD^([Texas Parks and Wildlife Department]) ethnobotanist David Alloway. There is no doubt that the aoudad must be removed from the ranch; the only question is how."
- 2 wild sheep of northern Africa wordnet
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More examples"Aoudads compete with native deer and actually run them off shared range, according to TPWD^([Texas Parks and Wildlife Department]) ethnobotanist David Alloway. There is no doubt that the aoudad must be removed from the ranch; the only question is how."
Etymology
From French aoudad, from Tashelhit awdad.