bighorn
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- noun
- /ˈbɪɡˌhɔrn/
- US
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carnero bighorn
- But there's one place you will soon be guaranteed to see a bighorn.
- bighorn sheep
- desert bighorn
Examples
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When we rounded a bend and saw a bighorn sheep in our path, we stopped.
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Seeing majestic wildlife like this bighorn sheep will help you realize why this place is so special.
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The case involved the prosecution of two tribal members for killing three bighorn sheep in the park.
Academic text (2001) -
We first noticed a small bighorn sheep perched on one of the ledges by our flat.
Blog text (14) -
Kim fell in love with Sierra Nevada bighorns during an internship at Yosemite National Park.
Blog text (29) -
Several bighorn sheep, rams and ewes, look down from a steep hill overlooking the Confluence.
Blog text (5) -
Rock-art depictions of deer and bighorn sheep lead archaeologists to believe these were the animals they hunted.
Academic text (2004) -
Antelope Island is home to mule deer, bighorn sheep, antelope, and a bison herd of 600 animals.
Academic text (2005) -
As he took it, he nodded toward the other side of the canyon, and Helen followed his gaze and saw a herd of bighorn sheep standing like sculptures, staring back at them.
Fiction book (1998) -
Sharp-eyed passengers were able to catch a couple of glimpses of bighorn sheep across the gorge.
Synonyms
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A wild sheep with large curved horns that lives in the mountains of western North America
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A wild sheep with big curved horns that lives in the mountains of western North America
A wild sheep with large curved horns that lives in the mountains of western North America
A wild sheep with large curved horns that lives on rocky mountain slopes in western North America
A wild sheep with large curved horns that lives in western North American mountains
A wild sheep that lives on steep, rocky mountain slopes
Compounds
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A wild sheep with large curved horns that lives in the mountains of western North America
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A 1876 battle in Montana where United States soldiers led by Custer lose to Sioux and Cheyenne warriors
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A wild sheep with big curved horns that lives in the mountains of western North America
A river in the western United States that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana
An 1876 battle in Montana where General Custer's soldiers were defeated by Sioux and Cheyenne
A river in the western United States famous for the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bighorn is made of the simple parts big and horn, so it literally means 'big horn'. The wild mountain sheep called a bighorn has very large curved horns in western North America, so the name tells you exactly what the animal is.