Little Bighorn

Little Bighorn noun

1. a river flowing N from N Wyoming to S Montana into the Bighorn River: General Custer and troops defeated near its juncture by Indians 1876. 80 miles (130 km) long.

Also called Little Horn. British Dictionary definitions for little bighorn Little Bighorn noun

1. a river in the W central US, rising in N Wyoming and flowing north to the Bighorn River. Its banks were the scene of the defeat (1876) and killing of General Custer and his command by Indians