“barbary”

The following 8 entries include the term barbary.

Barbary ape

noun

: a tailless monkey (Macaca sylvanus) of northern Africa and Gibraltar

Barbary sheep

noun

: a wild, chiefly brown bovine (Ammotragus lervia) that is closely related to goats and sheep, is native to dry, rocky, mountainous terrain of North Africa but has been introduced into the southwestern U.S., northern Mexico, and Spain, and has a fringe of long hairs extending from the neck to the inner forelegs and horns that curve outward, back, and down : aoudad

Barbary duck

noun

: muscovy duck

Barbary fig

noun

: a common prickly pear (Opuntia vulgaris) of the eastern U.S. introduced into North Africa

Barbary horse

noun

Barbary lion

noun

: the North African lion

Barbary mastic

noun

: a mastic obtained from a plant (Pistacia atlantica) of the Mediterranean region


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