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BIGHORN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns

Synonyms:

bighorn; bighorn sheep; cimarron; Ovis canadensis; Rocky Mountain bighorn; Rocky Mountain sheep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bighorn" is a kind of...):

mountain sheep (any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions)

Holonyms ("bighorn" is a member of...):

genus Ovis; Ovis (sheep)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana

Synonyms:

Bighorn; Bighorn River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Bighorn" is a part of...):

Mont.; Montana; MT; Treasure State (a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border)

Equality State; WY; Wyo.; Wyoming (a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east)

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