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cimarron|ˈsɪmərən, sɪməˈrəʊn|
Also cimmaron.
[Sp., properly adj. = wild, untamed.]
A Spanish-American name of the Rocky Mountain sheep or bighorn.
[1844J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies I. 194 The carnero cimarron or bighorn of the Rocky Mountains.] 1850R. B. Marcy in Rep. 31st Congress (Ex. Doc. No. 64) 201 The big-horn, or cimarron. 1855Mayne Reid Hunters' Feast xxvi. 226 The grizzly bears..had reached the cliff in chase of the cimmaron. 1897A. H. Lewis Wolfville 81 First we-alls knows, these yere Britons would be runnin' cimmaron in the hills. 1930E. Ferber (title) Cimarron. |