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Bighorn   /bˈɪghˌɔrn/   Listen
noun
Bighorn  n.  (Zool.) The Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis montana or Caprovis montana); called also bighorn sheep.






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"Bighorn" Quotes from Famous Books



... readers may remember that many similar feats have been witnessed in the Rocky Mountains of America, performed by the "bighorn"—a wild sheep that inhabits these mountains, so closely resembling the Ovis ammon of the Himalayas, as to be regarded by some naturalists as belonging to the same species. The hunters of the American wilderness positively assert ...
— The Cliff Climbers - A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" • Captain Mayne Reid



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