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单词 Barbary sheep
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Definition of Barbary sheep in English:

Barbary sheep

noun
  • 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 sheep

noun
  • 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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