HyperDic: genus_bison

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Bison:
NOUNanimalgenus Bisonsometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos
English > genus Bison: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo.
Member ofBovidae, family Bovidaetrue antelopes
MembersAmerican bison, American buffalo, buffalo, Bison bisonlarge shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
bisonAny of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns
wisent, aurochs, Bison bonasusEuropean bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison
Broadermammal genusA genus of mammals
Spanishgenus bison
Catalangenus bison

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