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Definition of Bighorn sheep
1. Noun. Wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns.
Group relationships: Genus Ovis, Ovis
Generic synonyms: Mountain Sheep
Definition of Bighorn sheep
1. Noun. A North American endangered species of wild sheep, ''Ovis canadensis''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bighorn Sheep
Literary usage of Bighorn sheep
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"(1992) estimated seasonal forage availability and quality for bighorn sheep.
The results suggested that bighorn sheep "... were not limited by forage ..."
2. Our New Alaska by Charles Hallock (1886)
"The range of the bighorn sheep extends much further south than the goats, even
to the mountains of Arizona on the south, as well as to the ..."
3. The Elson Readers by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck (1920)
"AMERICAN bighorn sheep (p. 23) For detailed questions and suggestions see page
466, '' A Type Lesson.'' Read and discuss in class "How to Gain the Full ..."
4. Building Fluency by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Compilation, Gerald Tindal, Melanie Coon, Joy Evans, Marilyn Evans (2006)
"Name bighorn sheep Nonfiction Every autumn, high in the Rocky Mountains of ...
Now and then, a bighorn sheep will lose its footing and tumble to its death. ..."
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