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Webster 1913 Edition
Urus
‖
U′rus
,Noun.
[L.; of Teutonic origin. See
Aurochs
.] (Zool.)
A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (
Bos urus
or Bos primigenius
) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Caesar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur
, ure
, and tur
.