bison

Definitions of bison
  1. noun
    any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns
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    types:
    aurochs, bison d'Europe
    European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison
    type of:
    bovidés
    hollow-horned ruminants
  2. noun
    meat from an American bison
  3. noun
    an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal
    synonyms: buffle
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    type of:
    buffle
    any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo
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