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aurochs

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: aurochs

1
 n
large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle
2
 n
European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: aurochs
1

n large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle

Synonyms:
Bos primigenius, urus
Type of:
ox, wild ox
any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
2

n European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison

Synonyms:
Bison bonasus, wisent
Type of:
bison
any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns
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