noun
Meaning 1
Certain North American species of sheep
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bighorn
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
bighorn sheep
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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
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, cimarron, Rocky Mountain bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep, Ovis canadensis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mountain sheep
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: mufló de les Muntanyes Rocalloses — a North American wild sheep
- Cherokee: ᎡᏆᏧᎵᎩ ᎤᏃᏕᎾ (equatsuligi unodena) — a North American wild sheep
- Danish: bighornfår — a North American wild sheep
- Danish: tykhornsfår — a North American wild sheep
- Dutch: dikhoornschaap — a North American wild sheep
- French: mouflon du Canada — a North American wild sheep
- German: Dickhornschaf — a North American wild sheep
- Hungarian: kanadai vadjuh — a North American wild sheep
- Irish: caora mhóradharcach — a North American wild sheep
- Italian: muflone — a North American wild sheep
- Navajo: tsétah dibé — a North American wild sheep
- Russian: толсторо́г (tolstoróg) — a North American wild sheep
- Russian: толсторо́гий бара́н (tolstorógij barán) — a North American wild sheep