bighorn Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana
    Bighorn River.
  2. noun wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns
    Ovis canadensis; cimarron; Rocky Mountain bighorn; Rocky Mountain sheep; bighorn sheep.

WordNet


Big"horn` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis or Caprovis montana).

Webster 1913