BIGHORN

bighorn, bighorn sheep, cimarron, Rocky Mountain bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep, Ovis canadensis

(noun) wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns

Bighorn, Bighorn River

(noun) a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bighorn (plural bighorns)

Either of two North American species of sheep, Ovis canadensis and Ovis dalli, having large, curving horns.

Source: Wiktionary


Big"horn`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis or Caprovis montana).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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