bighorn
[big-hawrn]
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noun, plural big·horns, (especially collectively) big·horn.
a wild sheep, Ovis canadensis, of the Rocky Mountains, with large, curving horns.
Origin of bighorn
Bighorn
[big-hawrn]
noun
Bighorn Mountains
plural noun
Also called Big·horns.
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Examples from the Web for bighorn
Contemporary Examples of bighorn
I took the remote control and found a nature channel, where bighorn sheep collided against each other in alpine meadows.
Historical Examples of bighorn
They had stumbled in the dark on the bedding-place of a flock of Bighorn.
The Trail BookMary Austin
"Bighorn doesn't care for neighbors as you do, Peter," said she.
The Burgess Animal Book for ChildrenThornton W. Burgess
When Bighorn gave the signal the sentinels pricked up their ears.
The Later Cave-MenKatharine Elizabeth Dopp
Fleetfoot showed it to Bighorn, who took it, then tossed it on the ground.
The Later Cave-MenKatharine Elizabeth Dopp
And Bighorn, himself, took his stand at the point where the trails crossed.
The Later Cave-MenKatharine Elizabeth Dopp
bighorn
noun plural -horns or -horn
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