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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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