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Webster 1913 Edition


Argali

{ ‖

Ar′gal

, ‖

Ar′ga-li

, }
Noun.
[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
.
☞ The bearded argali is the aoudad. See
Aoudad
. The name is also applied to the bighorn sheep of the Rocky Mountains. See
Bighorn
.

Definition 2024


argali

argali

See also: argalì

English

Noun

argali (plural argalis)

  1. Ovis ammon, the biggest wild sheep, which roams the highlands of Central Asia

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Italian

Noun

argali m (invariable)

  1. biggest central asia wild sheep (Ovis ammon)

Portuguese

Noun

argali m (plural argalis)

  1. argali (Ovis ammon, a wild sheep of Central Asia)