Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Aurochs"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aurochs \Au"rochs\ ([add]"r[o^]ks), n. [G. auerochs, OHG.
[=u]rohso; [=u]r (cf. AS. [=u]r) + ohso ox, G. ochs. Cf.
{Owre}, {Ox}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The European bison ({Bison bonasus, or Europ[ae]us}), 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 C[ae]sar, with
which it has often been confused.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aurochs
n 1: European bison having a smaller and higher head than the
North American bison [syn: {wisent}, {Bison bonasus}]
2: large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox;
considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle [syn: {urus},
{Bos primigenius}]
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