marco polo sheep

1. 1.

   Asiatic wild sheep with exceptionally large horns; sometimes considered a variety of the argali (or Ovis ammon)

   SynonymsMarco Polo's sheepOvis poli

   Broaderwild sheep

   Part ofOvis

Questions about marco polo sheep

What does marco polo sheep mean?

marco polo sheep means "Asiatic wild sheep with exceptionally large horns; sometimes considered a variety of the argali (or Ovis ammon)".

What is another word for marco polo sheep?

Close synonyms include Marco Polo's sheep, Ovis poli. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is marco polo sheep a common word?

marco polo sheep is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.