Aurochs definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary AU'ROCHS, n. A species ... and higher head than the North American bison [syn: wisent, aurochs, Bison bonasus] 2: large recently extinct long-horned European wild ... ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle [syn: aurochs, urus, Bos primigenius] Merriam Webster's noun (plural aurochs) Etymology: German, from Old High German ?rohso, from ?ro aurochs + ohso ox; akin to Old English ?r aurochs — more at ox Date: 1766 an extinct large long- ...
... ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle [syn: aurochs, urus, Bos primigenius] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Latin, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German ?ro aurochs — more at aurochs Date: 1601 aurochs 1 Oxford Reference Dictionary n. = AUROCHS. Etymology: L f. Gmc Webster's 1913 Dictionary Urus U"rus, n. [L.; of Teutonic origin. See Aurochs.] (Zo["o]l.) A very large, powerful, and savage ...
... is the same species of animal as the bison and aurochs of Europe, the bonasus of Aristotle, the urus of Caesar ... bison, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wisant aurochs; akin to Old Prussian wissambrs aurochs Date: circa 1611 any of several large shaggy-maned usually ... i]sundr: cf. F. bison.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) The aurochs or European bison. (b) The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus ... buffalo N-COUNT Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Aurochs, buffalo (U.S.). Moby Thesaurus Brahman, Indian buffalo, aurochs, beef, beef cattle, beeves, bossy, bovine, bovine animal, buffalo, ...
... diet is ordinarily supplemented with prepared animal feeds. See also aurochs, Brahman, ox. Oxford Reference Dictionary n.pl. 1 any bison ... the Revised Version (British and American) "wild ox," was the aurochs, while the present writer believes that this also may well ... the same species as the ancient European wild ox or aurochs, Bos taurus, which is by others counted as a distinct species under the title of Bos primigenius The aurochs was widely spread over Europe in Roman times, but is ... bone breccia of teeth which may be those of the aurochs, but this is a deposit accumulated by prehistoric man of ... Black, West Highland, and fish, animal kingdom, animal life, animality, aurochs, beasts, beasts of field, beasts of prey, beef, beef ...
... exists in the Caucasus, and the wild ox, urus or aurochs, seems to be depicted in Assyrian sculptures. The buffalo is ... the chamois, the Armenian wild sheep, the bison and the aurochs, no one of which has a very good claim to ... quite disappeared within recent years. It is doubtful whether the aurochs, the chamois and the red deer were ever found in ...
... to a castrated male of any cattle breed. See also aurochs, yak. Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. oxen) 1 any bovine ... bull; cf. Skr. uksh to sprinkle. [root]214. Cf. Humid, Aurochs.] (Zo["o]l.) The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the ... beyond Moby Thesaurus Brahman, Gibraltar, Indian buffalo, Siberian husky, ass, aurochs, beast of burden, beef, beef cattle, beeves, bison, blockhead, blunderer ...
... and higher head than the North American bison [syn: wisent, aurochs, Bison bonasus] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: German, from Old ... conspecific with the North American buffalo (B. bison) — called also aurochs Oxford Reference Dictionary n. the European bison, Bison bonasus. Etymology ...