bighorn : Idioms & Phrases


battle of little bighorn

  • noun 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
    Battle of the Little Bighorn; Custer's Last Stand; Battle of Little Bighorn.
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battle of the little bighorn

  • noun 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
    Battle of the Little Bighorn; Custer's Last Stand; Battle of Little Bighorn.
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bighorn river

  • noun a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana
    Bighorn.
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bighorn sheep

  • noun wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns
    bighorn; Ovis canadensis; cimarron; Rocky Mountain sheep; bighorn sheep.
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little bighorn

  • noun a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand
    Little Horn; Little Bighorn.
  • noun 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
    Battle of the Little Bighorn; Custer's Last Stand; Battle of Little Bighorn.
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little bighorn river

  • noun a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand
    Little Horn; Little Bighorn.
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rocky mountain bighorn

  • noun wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns
    bighorn; Ovis canadensis; cimarron; Rocky Mountain sheep; bighorn sheep.
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