| NOUN | animal | aurochs, wisent, Bison bonasus | European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison |
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| animal | aurochs, urus, Bos primigenius | large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox |
| Meaning | European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison. | |
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| Synonyms | wisent, Bison bonasus | |
| Member of | genus Bison | sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos |
| Broader | bison | Any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns |
| Spanish | bison bonasus, bisonte europeo | |
| Catalan | bisó europeu, bison bonasus, Bison bonasus | |
| Meaning | large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle. | |
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| Synonyms | urus, Bos primigenius | |
| Member of | Bos, genus Bos | wild and domestic cattle |
| Broader | ox, wild ox | Any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos |
| Spanish | Bos primigenius, bos taurus primigenius, uro, urus | |
| Catalan | Bos primigenius, ur, urus | |
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