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aurochs

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au=rochs

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun aurochs has 2 senses

aurochs(n = noun.animal) bison bonasus, wisent - European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison; Array

is a member of genus bison

is a kind of bison

aurochs(n = noun.animal) bos primigenius, urus - large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle; Array

is a member of bos, genus bos

is a kind of ox, wild ox

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CIDE DICTIONARY

aurochs, n. [G. auerochs, OHG. ; (cf. AS. ) + ohso ox, G. ochs. Cf. Owre, Ox.].

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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

aurochs, n. (pl. same) an extinct wild ox, Bos primigenius, ancestor of domestic cattle and formerly native to many parts of the world. Also called URUS.

Etymology

G f. OHG urohso f. ur- urus + ohso ox

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