A short-coated sheep with a long neck ruff, found in the high deserts of northern Africa.
鬣羊，巴巴里绵羊。亦称AOUDAD
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.
鬣羊，巴巴里绵羊。亦称AOUDAD
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.