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Examples
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Then their helmets clack together, same as those big-horned sheep doing battle over a mate.
The Nature of Jade Deb Caletti 2007
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A banner with a gold big-horned sheep or something similar poised on a peak, backed in crimson, flew from a pole amid the tents in what had to be a stiff breeze.
The Spellsong War Modesitt, L. E. 1998
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A herd of big-horned buffalo grazed north of the tracks.
A different flesh Turtledove, Harry 1988
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We thought we could have made a good pick or two amongst the horses, but we didn't care for long-legged ugly big-horned cattle brutes.
A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba Cecil Hall
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Once Frank and Muriel excitedly watched a snow-leopard stalking one of these big-horned sheep sixteen thousand feet above the sea-level.
The Jungle Girl Gordon Casserly
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These curious big-horned animals resemble both the elk and the sheep, and it is said they can jump from a high rock and land far below on their feet or heavy, twisted horns without being hurt in the least.
Stories of California Ella M. Sexton
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These mountains were the haunt of the elk, the big-horned sheep, black-and white-tailed deer, grizzly, cinnamon, silver tip, and brown and black bears; the porcupine, racoon and beaver; also the prong-horned antelope, though it is more of a plains country animal.
Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson
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He can ride along the brink of the stupendous cliff-walled canyon, where eagles soar below him, and cougars make their lairs on the ledges and harry the big-horned sheep.
Foreword 1916
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Yaaa the big-horned rhinoceros, in one of those fits of fury of his, charging full tilt, after the manner of his kind.
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If I couldn't be an eagle, or a hawk, or a wild goose, or one of those big-horned owls that we hear every night, or a humming-bird, then I'd rather be a crow than most.
Children of the Wild Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901
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