bighorn sheep n 1: wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns [syn: {bighorn}, {bighorn sheep}, {cimarron}, {Rocky Mountain bighorn}, {Rocky Mountain sheep}, {Ovis canadensis}]
Bighorn \Big"horn`\, n. (Zool.) The Rocky Mountain sheep ({Ovis montana} or {Caprovis montana}); called also {bighorn sheep}. [1913 Webster]