big·horn (b g hôrn )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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| Noun | 1. | Bighorn - a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana 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 hornsgenus Ovis, Ovis - sheep mountain sheep - any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions |
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