Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large wild sheep (Ovis ammon) of mountainous regions of central and northern Asia, the male of which has massive curved horns.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The large wild sheep of Asia, Ovis ammon (Linnæus), now Caprovis argali, supposed to be the original stock of the domestic sheep.
- noun Hence Some other similar wild sheep, as the following.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Ovis ammon , the biggest wildsheep , which roams the highlands of Central Asia
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The snow leopard and the mountain ram "argali" are also found within the zapovednik.
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Many rare species, such as argali sheep and brown bears, were decimated.19
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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Many rare species, such as argali sheep and brown bears, were decimated.19
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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They are home to rare wild animals such as the black-necked crane, huge-horned argali sheep, wild yak, white-lipped deer, gazelle, snow leopards, and, of course, the chiru.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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Many rare species, such as argali sheep and brown bears, were decimated.19
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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They are home to rare wild animals such as the black-necked crane, huge-horned argali sheep, wild yak, white-lipped deer, gazelle, snow leopards, and, of course, the chiru.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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They are home to rare wild animals such as the black-necked crane, huge-horned argali sheep, wild yak, white-lipped deer, gazelle, snow leopards, and, of course, the chiru.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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Among listed birds and mammals are: golden eagle Aquila chrysaetus, imperial eagle Aquila heliaca, peregrine Falco peregrinus, black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus, snow leopard Uncia uncia (EN, Globally threatened), manul cat Felis manul, Mongolian gazelle Procapra guttorosa; (LR, Globally Threatened) and Altai argali Ovis ammon ammon (VU, Globally Threatened).
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Soon after, a local Internet news service published photographs showing the helicopter wreckage ringed by several sheep carcasses that wildlife campaigners said were clearly the endangered argali.
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The hunt -- for endangered wild mountain sheep, or argali -- came to light after the helicopter carrying eleven people, including crew, crashed into a snowy mountainside in Siberia on Jan. 9.
bilby commented on the word argali
Would that I were the nerd, who, with unrequited sweep
Might meticulously note abandonscape where lovers leap
For the point of extinction where truculently last agali weep
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March 24, 2009