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bighorn sheep
noun big·horn sheep \ˈbig-ˌhȯrn-\
: a kind of wild sheep with long curved horns that lives in the mountains of western North America
Full Definition of BIGHORN SHEEP
: a usually grayish-brown wild sheep (Ovis canadensis) of mountainous and desert regions of western North America —called also bighorn
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1817
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