Longhorn

Longhorn

Longhorn may refer to:

Animals:
*Highland cattle, sometimes called Highland longhorn
*Longhorn cattle, a traditional long horned brown and white breed of cattle
*Texas longhorn (cattle) breed of cattle
*Longhorn beetle, cosmopolitan family of beetles, typically characterized by extremely long antennae

in reference to the US state of Texas:
*A student or alumnus of the University of Texas at Austin
*Texas Longhorns, sports teams and organizations at The University of Texas
*A mascot of several other schools or sports teams, such as J. Frank Dobie High School in Houston, Texas
* Longhorn, Texas
* Longhorn Dam, on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas

Other uses:
*"Longhorn", the former working name of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system
*Windows Server "Longhorn", the former working name of the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system
*Longhorn cheese, a type of colby cheese
*An arch nemesis of Freakazoid who appears to be half bull/half Johnny Cash
*Longhorn (Transformers), a Maximal in the Transformers toyline
*Longhorn Steakhouse, a chain of restaurants in the United States
*Jay's Longhorn Bar, a former music venue in Minneapolis that was commonly known as "The Longhorn"


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