bighorn
a wild sheep, Ovis canadensis, of the Rocky Mountains, with large, curving horns.
Origin of bighorn
1- Also called cimarron, Rocky Mountain bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep.
Other definitions for Bighorn (2 of 2)
a river flowing from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in S Montana. 336 miles (540 km) long.
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How to use bighorn in a sentence
A party was also dispatched, under Mr. Tullock, to raise the cache on the bighorn River.
Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and Life on the Frontier | Frances Fuller VictorThe buffalo hunters remained to the west of the bighorn River and, presumably, they did not encroach too heavily upon the Crow.
Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society | Robert F. MurphyLisa proceeded with his party to the mouth of the bighorn River and there established a fort.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 1 (of 2) | William Denison Lyman
British Dictionary definitions for bighorn
/ (ˈbɪɡˌhɔːn) /
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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