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–noun, plural -horns, (especially collectively

) -horn.

a wild sheep, Ovis canadensis, of the Rocky Mountains, with large, curving horns.

Also called cimarron, Rocky Mountain bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep.

[Origin: 1775–85, Americanism; big¹ + horn

]

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Big·horn

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–noun

a river flowing from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in S Montana. 336 mi. (540 km) long.

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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.

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bighorn
noun
1.	a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana
2.	wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns

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Bighorn, MT Zip code(s): 59010

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Ar"gal\, Argali \Ar"ga*li\, n. [Mongolian.] (Zo["o]l.) A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or O. argali), remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central Asia.

Note: The bearded argali is the aoudad. See Aoudad. The name is also applied to the bighorn sheep of the Rocky Mountains. See Bighorn.

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