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mountain sheep

noun

Definitions

  1. The argali.

  2. The bighorn (Ovis canadensis) of the Rocky Mountains.

    • On the 29th we passed into the territory of the Panock Indians—a tribe of hunters, who find an abundant subsistence in the myriads of mountain sheep, antelopes, prairie dogs, and other animals, with which the country abounds.
    • Wild mountain sheep are perhaps the most accomplished and dare-devil acrobats in the animal world.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA