Meaning & use

audad

noun·Advanced

Another name for the aoudad, a wild sheep native to the rocky mountains of North Africa, also called the Barbary sheep.

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The audad's thick mane of hair helps it survive cold nights in the desert mountains.

Zoos sometimes keep audad alongside other hardy mountain-dwelling species.

A note on using this word

Audad is a less common spelling variant; 'aoudad' or 'Barbary sheep' appears more often in modern writing.

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