AMMOTRAGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ammotragus mean? 

• AMMOTRAGUS (noun)
  The noun AMMOTRAGUS has 1 sense:

1. genus of wild sheep

  Familiarity information: AMMOTRAGUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMMOTRAGUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of wild sheep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ammotragus; genus Ammotragus

Hypernyms ("Ammotragus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Ammotragus"):

Ammotragus lervia; aoudad; arui; audad; Barbary sheep; maned sheep (wild sheep of northern Africa)

Holonyms ("Ammotragus" is a member of...):

Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)