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- noun Plural form of
bighorn .
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Examples
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Presently we heard the sharp crack of his rifle ringing through the defile; and, looking up, we saw a flock of "bighorns" -- so the wild sheep of the Rocky Mountains are called -- leaping from rock to rock, and almost flying like birds up the face of the cliffs.
The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850
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These were the _argali_, or wild sheep, popularly termed bighorns, and resembling an immense yellow goat or deer furnished with a pair of ram's horns.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 422 Volume 17, New Series, January 31, 1852 Various 1836
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You could ask: So what have you done to support desert bighorns lately?
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The other day, while on a drive, I saw the bighorns in Neil Diamond's lawn.
Todd Hartley: I'm With Stupid: Rams, Touching Rams, Reaching Out, Touching Ewes Todd Hartley 2011
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The last wild desert bighorn in Texas was sighted in 1958 and as of 2008 there were 1,193 desert bighorns in Texas.
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What kills me is that the whole thing points at hunting, but uses examples that are primarily drawn from isolated populations of animals that are generally (exception of Quebec bighorns) poached.
Survival of the Weakest? Dave Hurteau 2009
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The other day, while on a drive, I saw the bighorns in Neil Diamond's lawn.
Todd Hartley: I'm With Stupid: Rams, Touching Rams, Reaching Out, Touching Ewes Todd Hartley 2011
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The other day, while on a drive, I saw the bighorns in Neil Diamond's lawn.
Todd Hartley: I'm With Stupid: Rams, Touching Rams, Reaching Out, Touching Ewes Todd Hartley 2011
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The other day, while on a drive, I saw the bighorns in Neil Diamond's lawn.
Todd Hartley: I'm With Stupid: Rams, Touching Rams, Reaching Out, Touching Ewes Todd Hartley 2011
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The other day, while on a drive, I saw the bighorns in Neil Diamond's lawn.
Todd Hartley: I'm With Stupid: Rams, Touching Rams, Reaching Out, Touching Ewes Todd Hartley 2011
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