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aoudad
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aoudad, n. [The Moorish name.].
An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus lervia , formerly Ammotragus tragelaphus ) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs; the wild sheep of northern Africa; -- called also Barbary sheep . It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament. [1913 Webster]
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