Dall's sheep

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Dall sheep (dôl) or Dall's sheep (dôlz)

A stocky wild sheep (Ovis dalli) of the mountainous regions of northwest North America, ranging from white to nearly black and having curved yellowish horns.

[After William Healey Dall (1845-1927), American naturalist.]

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Dall's sheep - large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska

Dall sheep, Ovis montana dalli, white sheep

genus Ovis, Ovis - sheep

wild sheep - undomesticated sheep

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