Definition of Argali

1. Noun. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.

Exact synonyms: Argal, Ovis Ammon
Group relationships: Genus Ovis, Ovis
Generic synonyms: Wild Sheep

Definition of Argali

1. Noun. Ovis ammon, the biggest wild sheep, which roams the highlands of Central Asia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Argali

1. a wild sheep [n -S]

Medical Definition of Argali

1. 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. Origin: Mongolian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Argali

arett
aretted
aretting
aretts
arew
areæ
arfendazam
arformoterol
arfs
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonites
arg
argal
argala
argalas
argali (current term)
argalis
argals
argan
argand
argands
argans
argasid
argasids
argemone
argemones
argent
argent-
argentaffin
argentaffin cell

Literary usage of Argali

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"... distinguished by the almost circular bend of its large, triangular, transversely striped horns, from its relative \ the Siberian argali (Oois argali), ..."

2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1858)
"The argali is said to be the origin of the common domestic sheep, to which, however, it bears but a slight resemblance. It is stated, however, ..."

3. Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia: (Pecora, Linnæus) in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1872)
"argali.—Tail very short; horns long, heavy, with the tips bent inwards, ... Ovis argali ex Mont. Himalay., JE Gray, the Ammon or argali of the higher ..."

4. A treatise on sheep by Ambrose Blacklock (1838)
"The argali of Siberia (Out* Amman) inhabits the mountains of Asia, where it attains the size of a fallow deer. The male has very large horns, ..."

5. The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and by Georg Hartwig (1869)
"Gad-flies.—The Elk or Moose-deer.—The Musk- ox.—The Wild Sheep of the Rocky Mountains.—The Siberian argali.—The Arctic Fox.—Its Burrows.—The Lemmings. ..."

6. The Breeds, Management, Structure and Diseases of the Sheep: With by Henry Judson Canfield (1848)
"Of the Ovis, there are three varieties; the Ovis AM- MON, or argali ; the Ovis ... ASIATIC argali. Professor Low observes that " the Asiatic argali is ..."

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