Find the word definition

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ovis poli

marco polo sheep \marco polo sheep\, marco polo's sheep \marco polo's sheep\n. An Asiatic wild sheep ( Ovis poli) with exceptionally large horns; sometimes considered a variety of the argali: Ovis ammon poli.

Usage examples of "ovis poli".

There were several boar's tusks and the claws of tigers and libbards mounted in symmetrical patterns, and a big head of Ovis Poli, six live grass snakes in a kind of aquarium, some nests of the solitary wasp nicely set up in a glass cylinder, an ordinary beehive whose inhabitants went in and out of the window unmolested, two young hedgehogs in cotton wool, a pair of badgers which immediately began to cry Yik-Yik-Yik-Yik in loud voices as soon as the magician appeared, twenty boxes which contained stick caterpillars and sixths of the puss-moth, and even an oleander that was worth two and six, all feeding on the appropriate leaves, a guncase .

The study floor bore a scattering of tiger, lion, polar bear and other animal skins, while mounted heads of ovis poli, bighorn sheep, wapiti - trophies from numerous climes - were arrayed on the walls, together with heavy spears from the Congo, blowguns from the Amazon headwaters, and elaborately carved swords from China.