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big⋅horn
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/
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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
;
big
1
+
horn
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Big⋅horn
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-hawrn
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–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
.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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