HyperDic: bighorn_sheep

English > 1 sense of the expression bighorn sheep:
NOUNanimalbighorn sheep, bighorn, cimarron, Rocky Mountain bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep, Ovis canadensiswild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns
English > bighorn sheep: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningwild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns.
Synonymsbighorn, cimarron, Rocky Mountain bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep, Ovis canadensis
Member ofOvis, genus OvisSheep
Broadermountain sheepAny wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions

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