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    BIGHORN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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 Montanaplay

    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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