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bighorn
[ big-hawrn ]
/ ˈbɪgˌhɔrn /
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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.
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Bighorn
[ big-hawrn ]
/ ˈbɪgˌhɔrn /
noun
a river flowing from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in S Montana. 336 miles (540 km) long.
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bighorn
/ (ˈbɪɡˌhɔːn) /
noun plural -horns or -horn
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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