mountain sheep
mountain sheep noun: the argali.
Noun
mountain sheep (plural mountain sheep)
- The argali.
- 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.1861, E[lsa] J[ane] Guerin, chapter VII, in An Autobiography. Mountain Charley, […], Dubuque, Ia.: […] [F]or the author, →OCLC, page 36
- Wild mountain sheep are perhaps the most accomplished and dare-devil acrobats in the animal world.1915 April, Enos A. Mills, “Wild Mountain Sheep”, in The Rocky Mountain Wonderland, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 24
Forms of mountain sheep
| plural | mountain sheep |
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Questions about mountain sheep
- What does mountain sheep mean?
- Mountain sheep means the argali.
- What part of speech is mountain sheep?
- Mountain sheep is a noun.
- What is the plural of mountain sheep?
- The plural of mountain sheep is mountain sheep.
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