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What is another word for bighorn?

Pronunciation: [bˈɪɡhɔːn] (IPA)

Bighorn is a word that refers to a species of wild sheep with large, curved horns. However, there are numerous synonyms that can be used to describe this magnificent animal. Some alternative terms include mountain sheep, rocky mountain goat, wild goat, and Dall sheep. Additionally, bighorn may be referred to by its scientific name Ovis canadensis. These synonyms can help to broaden the descriptive language used to discuss these striking creatures and to provide greater clarity and variety in writing and speaking about them.
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What are the hypernyms for Bighorn?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

  • Other hypernyms:

    Bovidae (family of hoofed mammals), Herbivore (plant-eating mammal), Ruminant (mammal that chews cud), horned mammal, ungulate (hoofed mammal).

What are the holonyms for Bighorn?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.

Usage examples for Bighorn

From thence on until we crossed the Rocky Mountains, we had a liberal supply of fresh meat, consisting of antelope, buffalo, a few deer, three elk, one brown bear, and one bighorn Rocky Mountain sheep, or goat.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
What is even more satisfactory, bighorn which had entirely disappeared from most parts of the Canadian Rockies are now increasing rapidly in the Parks.
"Among the Canadian Alps"
Lawrence J. Burpee
The imagination leaps back to the time when Indian hunters followed them in search of elk and deer, mountain goat and bighorn.
"Among the Canadian Alps"
Lawrence J. Burpee

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