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Argali

Argal \Ar"gal\, ||Argali \Ar"ga*li\, n. [Mongolian.] (Zo["o]l.) A species of wild sheep ( Ovis ammon, or Ovis argali), remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central Asia.

Note: The bearded argali is the aoudad. See Aoudad. The name is also applied to the bighorn sheep of the Rocky Mountains. See Bighorn. [1913 Webster] ||

WordNet
argali
  1. n. wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia [syn: argal, Ovis ammon]

  2. [also: araglis (pl)]

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Argali

The argali, or the mountain sheep (species Ovis ammon) is a wild sheep that roams the highlands of Central Asia ( Himalaya, Tibet, Altay).

Usage examples of "argali".

Kamoj Quanta Argali, the governor of Argali Province, shot through the water and broke the surface of the river.

She had dark eyes, as did most people in Argali, though hers were larger than usual, with long lashes that at the moment sparkled with drops of water.

As the only incorporated man in Argali, Maxard Argali had governed the province for Kamoj when she was young and was shifting his role to that of advisor now that she had reached her adulthood.

Impoverished Argali could never match such an offer: shovels and awls forged from fine metals, stacks of dried firewood, golden bridle bells, dewhoney and molasses, dried rose-leeks, cobberwheat, tri-grains, and reedflour that poured through your fingers like powdered rubies.

She swallowed, remembering the last winter, when nearly a fourth of Argali had died in its blizzards and brutal ices.

Glancing at Lyode, Kamoj wondered if her bodyguard shared her concern about seeing Lionstar on Argali lands today.

The last time I talked to them, they tried to convince me Argali is haunted.

He had the largest corporation in the northern provinces, which consisted of Argali, the North Sky Islands, and Ironbridge.

It would have meant borrowing every last bit of wealth owned by even the most impoverished Argali farmers, but besting the amount by one stalk of bi-wheat was all it took.

But Argali was her responsibility, and her province desperately needed this merger with flourishing Ironbridge.

Both the Argali and Ironbridge stagmen had drawn their bows and had their weapons trained on Lyode.

The Argali stagmen had grown up with her and Gallium was her brother-in-law.

But perhaps Governor Argali would also like to do her best by Ironbridge, by accompanying her bodyguard back.

They would share authority, she focused on Argali and he on Ironbridge.

Jul, the sun, had sunk behind the trees by the time Kamoj and Lyode walked around the last bend of the road, into view of Argali House.