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Argal (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ ‖Ar″gal (�), ‖Ar″ga‐li, } n.(Zoöl.) A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or O. 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.