bighorn
noun
a wild sheep, Ovis canadensis, of the Rocky Mountains, with large, curving horns.
bighorns
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pluralof bighorn.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Desert bighorns once thrived in serrated mountain ranges across the Mojave Desert, where they formed a “metapopulation” of groups connected by ancient trails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
“A wildlife overcrossing here would serve both bighorns and modern travelers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
Desert bighorns disappeared from the range in the late 1990s.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2017
California bighorns were once the most abundant native wild sheep in Oregon and were found throughout the mountainous terrain of southeast Oregon.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2014
This is just the kind of country that bighorns like.
From The Young Alaskans on the Trail by Emerson Hough
