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Definition of Barbary sheep in English: Barbary sheepnoun A short-coated sheep with a long neck ruff, found in the high deserts of northern Africa. Ammotragus lervia, family Bovidae Also called aoudad Example sentencesExamples - Commercially grown and wild populations of Barbary sheep are legally hunted in New Mexico and Texas.
- A Barbary sheep with a badly overgrown hoof was also seen by Minett, the affected foot ‘clearly causing it intense pain’.
- Distinct from other species of wild sheep, the Barbary sheep has a mane of long, soft hair on the throat, chest and upper forelegs.
- I became interested in exotic animals - things such as orangutans and Barbary sheep, or aoudads.
- A lone cheetah, a lone tiger and an African lion and a couple of lionesses are no more exciting than small herds of kangaroo, deer, giraffe or Barbary sheep.
Definition of Barbary sheep in US English: Barbary sheepnoun A short-coated sheep with a long neck ruff, found in the high deserts of northern Africa. Ammotragus lervia, family Bovidae Also called aoudad Example sentencesExamples - Commercially grown and wild populations of Barbary sheep are legally hunted in New Mexico and Texas.
- A Barbary sheep with a badly overgrown hoof was also seen by Minett, the affected foot ‘clearly causing it intense pain’.
- I became interested in exotic animals - things such as orangutans and Barbary sheep, or aoudads.
- A lone cheetah, a lone tiger and an African lion and a couple of lionesses are no more exciting than small herds of kangaroo, deer, giraffe or Barbary sheep.
- Distinct from other species of wild sheep, the Barbary sheep has a mane of long, soft hair on the throat, chest and upper forelegs.
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