little bighorn

Noun little bighorn has 2 senses

• little bighorn(n = noun.object) little bighorn river, little horn - a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand;
is a part of montana, mt, treasure state, equality state, wy, wyoming
is a kind of river

• little bighorn(n = noun.act) battle of little bighorn, battle of the little bighorn, custer's last stand - 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;
is a kind of butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter