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BARBARY SHEEP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Barbary sheep mean?
• BARBARY SHEEP (noun)
The noun BARBARY SHEEP has 1 sense:
1. wild sheep of northern Africa
Familiarity information: BARBARY SHEEP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wild sheep of northern Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ammotragus lervia; aoudad; arui; audad; Barbary sheep; maned sheep
Hypernyms ("Barbary sheep" is a kind of...):
wild sheep (undomesticated sheep)
Holonyms ("Barbary sheep" is a member of...):
Ammotragus; genus Ammotragus (genus of wild sheep)
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