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bighorn
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big·horn  (bghôrn)
n. pl. bighorn or big·horns
A wild sheep (Ovis canadensis) of the mountains of western North America, the male of which has massive curved horns. Also called mountain sheep, Rocky Mountain sheep.

bighorn [ˈbɪgˌhɔːn]
n pl -horns, -horn
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large wild sheep, Ovis canadensis, inhabiting mountainous regions in North America and NE Asia: family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. The male has massive curved horns, and the species is well adapted for climbing and leaping
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Noun1.Bighorn - a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana
Montana, Treasure State, MT - a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
Equality State, WY, Wyoming - a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east
2.bighorn - wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled hornsbighorn - wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns
genus Ovis, Ovis - sheep
mountain sheep - any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions


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