HyperDic: bos_primigenius

English > 1 sense of the expression Bos primigenius:
NOUNanimalBos primigenius, aurochs, uruslarge recently extinct long-horned European wild ox
English > Bos primigenius: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle.
Synonymsaurochs, urus
Member ofBos, genus Boswild and domestic cattle
Broaderox, wild oxAny of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
SpanishBos primigenius, bos taurus primigenius, uro, urus
CatalanBos primigenius, ur, urus

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