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Meaning of "Barbary sheep" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BARBARY SHEEP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BARBARY SHEEP

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Barbary sheep is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BARBARY SHEEP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Barbary sheep

Barbary sheep

The Barbary sheep is a species of caprid native to rocky mountains in North Africa. Six subspecies have been described. Although it is rare in its native North Africa, it has been introduced to North America, southern Europe, and elsewhere. It is also known as aoudad, waddan, arui, and arruis.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BARBARY SHEEP

Barbarossa
barbarous
barbarously
barbarousness
Barbary
Barbary ape
Barbary Coast
Barbary duck
Barbary horse

WORDS THAT END LIKE BARBARY SHEEP

asleep
bell sheep
black sheep
cheep
creep
deep
hair sheep
Jacob sheep
Jeep
keep
mountain sheep
peep
sheep
sleep
steep
Stone sheep
Stone´s sheep
sweep
the deep
vegetable sheep

Synonyms and antonyms of Barbary sheep in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Barbary sheep» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BARBARY SHEEP

Find out the translation of Barbary sheep to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Barbary sheep from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Barbary sheep» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

巴巴利羊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arrui
570 millions of speakers

English

Barbary sheep
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बार्बरी भेड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخراف البربرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Барбэри овец
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ovelhas Barbary
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বারবেরি ভেড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

moutons de Barbarie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Domba biri-biri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mähnenschaf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バーバリシープ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

바바리 양
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Daging wedhus
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cừu Barbary
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பார்பரி ஆடுகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बार्बरी मेंढी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Barbar koyun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pecore Barbary
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Barbary owce
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Барбері овець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oi Barbary
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Τα πρόβατα Βαρβαρίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Barbary skape
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Barbary får
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Barbary sau
5 millions of speakers

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The term «Barbary sheep» is normally little used and occupies the 131.635 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Barbary sheep

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARBARY SHEEP»

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Barbary Sheep
He is best remembered for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894) and his novels that were made into films, including "The Garden of Allah" (1905) and "The Paradine Case" (1933) as well as the frequently anthologized story, ...
Robert Hichens, 2007
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ADVANCES IN GENETICS
They are the Barbary sheep or Arui (Ammotragus lervia) of northern Africa and the Bharal or Blue sheep (Pseudo'ils nayaur) of Tibet. All wild sheep are essentially mountain animals. The duration of their breeding season and other details of ...
M. Demerec, 1956
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Introduced Mammals of the World: Their History, Distribution ...
In Texas the Barbary sheep has spread over portions of the Edwards Plateau from introductions by individual ranchers (Presnall 1958). Some were released in Palo Duro Canyon Texas panhandle, just prior to 1958 where they have become  ...
John Long, 2003
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African Herders: Emergence of Pastoral Traditions
At Uan Afuda in the Acacus Mountains of Libya (di Lernia 1999a), the Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) was a target prey species. In the cave at this site, however, a thick dung layer attests to these animals having been intentionally penned ...
Andrew Brown Smith, 2005
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Anubis:
The Barbary sheep clans migrated to the south, scaling the circle of southern mountains and crossing into the trackless deserts that lead to mountain chains with surging peaks, about which the tribes recount fantastic legends as part of epics ...
Ibrāhīm Kūnī, 2005
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A Holocene Prehistoric Sequence in the Egyptian Red Sea ...
Poor preservation did not allow a more precise identification to be made, but a fragmentary mandible from AH4 and a third phalanx from AH5 indicate that we may be dealing with Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) or perhaps ibex (Capra  ...
P. M. Vermeersch, 2008
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The Anatomy and Physiology of the Mammalian Larynx
... aethiopicus 45.3 7.9 Musk ox Ovibus moschatus 50.4 11.1 Black hear Ursus americanus 53.4 7.1 Sealion Zalophus califomianus 53.7 16.7 Cheetah Actinonyx jubatus 55.2 13.2 Barbary sheep Ammotragus lervia 55.2 8.4 Nyala Tragelaphus ...
Donald Frederick Norris Harrison, 1995
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Addicted to Altitude
... them continues to escalate every year. There is, however, one sheep here in North America that doesn't cost you the equivalent of a new four-wheel-drive truck. Even though it may be considered an exotic, the aoudad—or Barbary sheep as ...
Mark Hampton, 2011
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The Domestication and Exploitation of Plants and Animals
(His problem was further complicated by the presence in the same deposits of the closely-related wild audad or "Barbary Sheep", Ammotragus.) However, he definitely stated that domestic sheep or goats or both were living in Cyrenaica before ...
Peter John Ucko, G. W. Dimbleby, 2007
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From First Life, to the Last Hunt
An aoudad, also known as a barbary sheep, is native to North Africa, in the country of Chad. They are extremely wild with a very large body, 200 pounds plus . The horns are pretty much typical sheep horns. We had no success on our hunt that ...
Bo Wafford, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BARBARY SHEEP»

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Aoudad, also known as Barbary sheep, are native to Northern Africa and were brought over to Texas after World War II. They broke out of ... «AmmoLand Shooting Sports News, Jul 15»
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BBNP seeks comments on exotics
The aoudad is one non-native species under consideration for control measures within Big Bend National Park. Also known as Barbary sheep, ... «The Fort Stockton Pioneer, Jun 15»
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Record May for foreign tourism in the Region of Murcia
... deer and Barbary sheep of the Terra Natura Park in Murcia are busy at this time of year getting themselves spruced up for the mating season, ... «Murcia Today, Jun 15»
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Forest fire burns 45 hectares on the outskirts of Murcia
Barbary sheep cull concluded in Sierra Espuña The intention is to maintain a sustainable population in the mountains of Sierra EspuñaWalkers ... «Murcia Today, Jun 15»
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For love of the game
The first day was productive, though, with Ford harvesting a Barbary sheep, also known as an aoudad. Ford nearly got his southern reedbuck, ... «The Hartsville Vidette, Jun 15»
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Fish Ladders permit upstream migration in the River Segura
Barbary sheep cull concluded in Sierra Espuña The intention is to maintain a sustainable population in the mountains of Sierra EspuñaWalkers ... «Murcia Today, Jun 15»
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The British and Irish continue to dominate flights at San Javier airport
... deer and Barbary sheep of the Terra Natura Park in Murcia are busy at this time of year getting themselves spruced up for the mating season, ... «Murcia Today, Jun 15»
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Six new dams in Vélez Rubio to prevent flooding in Puerto Lumbreras
Barbary sheep cull concluded in Sierra Espuña The intention is to maintain a sustainable population in the mountains of Sierra EspuñaWalkers ... «Murcia Today, Jun 15»
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Murcia prepares for summer forest fire threat
Barbary sheep cull concluded in Sierra Espuña The intention is to maintain a sustainable population in the mountains of Sierra EspuñaWalkers ... «Murcia Today, Jun 15»
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Hunting in New Mexico: 7 Animals to Hunt in the Spring
Barbary Sheep - During springtime, these huge sheep may be harvested by anyone with a legal sporting arm. Draw hunts for Barbary sheep ... «Newsmax, May 15»

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