ˈärgəlē, -li noun
( plural argali or argalis )
Etymology: Mongolian
1. : a large wild sheep ( Ovis ammon ) having immense horns, widely distributed in mountainous central and eastern Asia, and being probably not on the direct ancestral line of domesticated sheep though some authorities regard certain of its races as an ancestor of the fat-tailed sheep
2. : any of several large wild sheep (as the bighorn or the aoudad)
3. : hair brown