bighorn sheep

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big·horn sheep

(bĭg′hôrn′)

n. pl. bighorn sheep

A wild sheep (Ovis canadensis) of the mountains of western North America, having a brownish coat and, in the male, massive curved horns. Also called bighorn, mountain sheep, Rocky Mountain sheep.

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bighorn sheep - wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns

Ovis canadensis, Rocky Mountain bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep, bighorn, cimarron

genus Ovis, Ovis - sheep

mountain sheep - any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions

Translations

kanadai vadjuh

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