noun
Meaning 1
Certain North American species of sheep
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bighorn sheep
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bighorn
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noun
Meaning 2
Certain North American species of sheep
especially, Ovis canadensis, having large, curving horns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bighorn sheep
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bighorn sheep, cimarron, Rocky Mountain bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep, Ovis canadensis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mountain sheep
noun
Meaning 4
a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bighorn River
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: river
History
Etymology
From big + horn.
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