On July 25, after receiving Stalinâs pledge to join the U.S. in the war against Japan in the Pacific, Truman casually informed the Soviet leader that the United States had a new weapon of unusual destructive force.
Definition of longhorn. 1  1a : any of the long-horned cattle of Spanish derivation formerly common in the southwestern U.S.b : texas longhorn. 2  2 or longhorn cheese : a firm-textured usually mild cheese (such as cheddar or Colby)
The horns of a Texas longhorn can span 8 feet. Jupiterimages/liquidlibrary/Getty Images. Although many breeds of cattle thrive in the United States, none of them are native to this country. The first cattle were introduced by explorers and settlers from Spain and England.