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Dall sheep

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Dall sheep  (dôl) or Dall's sheep (dôlz)
n.
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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Noun1.Dall sheepDall sheep - large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska
Dall's sheep, Ovis montana dalli, white sheep
genus Ovis, Ovis - sheep
wild sheep - undomesticated sheep


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At another juncture, though she was busy driving and we were watching, Hutson was the first to spot a bright-white herd of Dall sheep high up a mountain side.
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