a large wild sheep, Ovis canadensis, inhabiting mountainous regions in North America and NE Asia: family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. The male has massive curved horns, and the species is well adapted for climbing and leaping
Bighorn in American English
(ˈbɪgˌhɔrn)
river in WC Wyo. flowing northward into the Yellowstone River in S Mont.: c. 450 mi (724 km)
Word origin
after the bighorn sheep
bighorn in American English
(ˈbɪgˌhɔrn)
US
nounWord forms: pluralˈbigˌhorns or ˈbigˌhorn
any of a number of sheep with large horns, esp. a large, wild, hairy species (Ovis canadensis) of the Rocky Mountains