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big⋅horn

[big-hawrn]
–noun, plural -horns, (especially collectively) -horn.
a wild sheep, Ovis canadensis, of the Rocky Mountains, with large, curving horns.


Origin:
1775–85, Americanism; big 1 + horn

Big⋅horn

[big-hawrn]
–noun
a river flowing from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in S Montana. 336 mi. (540 km) long.

Bighorn Mountains

–plural noun
a mountain range in N Wyoming, part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Cloud Peak, 13,165 ft. (4013 m).
Also called Bighorns.
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big·horn   (bĭg'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.
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