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Webster 1913 Edition
Aurochs
Au′rochs
(a̤′rŏks)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
The European bison (
Bison bonasus
, or Bison Europæus
), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of Cæsar, with which it has often been confused. Webster 1828 Edition
Aurochs
AU'ROCHS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
aurochs
aurochs
English
Augsburg depiction of an aurochs.
Noun
aurochs (plural aurochs or aurochses or aurochsen) [1]
- An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
- (zoology) The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus).
Translations
Bos primigenius
European bison — see European bison
References
- aurochs in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Notes:
- ↑ The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language by David Crystal (1995, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521401798), page 200