OVIS CANADENSIS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ovis canadensis" is a kind of...):

mountain sheep (any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions)

Holonyms ("Ovis canadensis" is a member of...):

genus Ovis; Ovis (sheep)

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