Meanings
nounDall sheep (plural Dall sheep)
alternative Dall's sheep
- A species of wild sheep native to northwestern North America, Ovis dalli.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounlarge white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska
Similar
Broader
wild sheep
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Named after William Healey Dall (1845–1927), an American naturalist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian овен на Дал
- овен на Дал (oven na Dal)species of wild sheep
Finnish ohutsarvilammas
- ohutsarvilammasspecies of wild sheep
French mouflon de Dall
- mouflon de Dallspecies of wild sheep
German Dall-Schaf
- Dall-Schafspecies of wild sheep
Italian bighorn bianco
- bighorn biancospecies of wild sheep
Japanese ドールビッグホーン
- ドールビッグホーン (Dōru-bigguhōn)species of wild sheep
Polish owca śnieżna
- owca śnieżnaspecies of wild sheep
Russian бара́н Да́лла, тонкоро́гий бара́н
- бара́н Да́лла (barán Dálla)species of wild sheep
- тонкоро́гий бара́н (tonkorógij barán)species of wild sheep
Spanish muflón de Dall
- muflón de Dallspecies of wild sheep
Ukrainian баран Далля
- баран Далля (baran Dallja)species of wild sheep
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APA
Dall sheep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dall%20sheep
MLA
“Dall sheep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dall%20sheep. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dall sheep,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dall%20sheep.
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