bighorn

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little bighorn
küçük Bighorn
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Either of two North American species of sheep, Ovis canadensis and Ovis dalli, having large, curving horns
or mountain sheep Stocky, climbing hoofed mammal (Ovis canadensis) of western North America. Both sexes have horns that in the male may curve in a spiral more than 39 in. (1 m) long. Their fur is usually brown with a whitish rump patch. The related thinhorn, or Dall's sheep (O. dalli), of Alaska and Canada is similar to the bighorn. Both species are about 39 in. (1 m) tall at the shoulder, but the bighorn is heavier, weighing up to 300 lb (136 kg). They live in small groups among remote crags and cliffs of mountainous areas and feed mainly on grasses. Bighorn rams compete for females by launching themselves at each other from a few yards' distance and clashing horns. Bighorn Mountains Bighorn River Little Bighorn Battle of the
a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana
wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns
wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana
The Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis or Caprovis montana)
{i} wild deer

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bighorn sheep
A North American endangered species of wild sheep, Ovis canadensis
bighorn-sheep
Attributive form of bighorn sheep, noun
Bighorn Mountains
Mountain range, southern Montana and northern Wyoming, U.S. It is a range of the northern Rocky Mountains extending 120 mi (193 km), rising abruptly 4,000-5,000 ft (1,200-1,500 m) above the Great Plains and Bighorn Basin. The highest summit is Wyoming's Cloud Peak, at 13,165 ft (4,013 m). Bighorn National Forest covers part of the range. On Medicine Mountain is the Medicine Wheel, a prehistoric stone-spoked circle 70 ft (20 m) in diameter
Bighorn River
A river rising in west-central Wyoming and flowing about 742 km (461 mi) north to join the Yellowstone River in southern Montana northeast of Billings. River, Wyoming and Montana, U.S. Formed by the confluence of the Popo Agie and Wind rivers in west-central Wyoming, it flows north 336 mi (541 km) into the Yellowstone River in southeastern Montana. The Little Bighorn joins the main stream at Hardin, Mont. The Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area stretches along the Montana-Wyoming border. See also Battle of the Little Bighorn
bighorn sheep
a wild sheep with long curved horns that lives in the mountains of western North America
Little Bighorn
The place near the Little Bighorn River, the site of Custer's Last Stand
Battle of the Little Bighorn
or Custer's Last Stand (June 25, 1876) Battle at the Little Bighorn River, Montana Territory, U.S., between federal troops led by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and a band of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. The U.S. government had ordered the northern Plains tribes to return to designated reservations and had sent troops under Gen. Alfred H. Terry to enforce the order. Terry hoped to surround an Indian encampment at the mouth of the Little Bighorn, but a party of some 200 soldiers led by Custer launched an early attack and was slaughtered. Government troops subsequently flooded into the area and forced the Indians to surrender
Battle of the Little Bighorn
Custer's Last Stand, battle between white American settlers led by Gen. Custer and the Sioux Indians on the 25th of June 1876 (resulted in a massacre of Custer's troops)
Little Bighorn
a river in the US state of Montana, where General Custer fought against and was killed by Native Americans led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse in the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876
Little Bighorn River
A river, about 145 km (90 mi) long, rising in the Bighorn Mountains of northern Wyoming and flowing north to the Bighorn River in southern Montana. Sioux and Cheyenne warriors defeated the forces of Gen. George A. Custer in the Little Bighorn valley on June 25, 1876
bighorns
plural of bighorn
little bighorn
a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand
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