bison
noun
(plural bison)
Etymology: Latin bisont-, 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 gregarious recent or extinct bovine mammals (genus Bison) having a large head with short horns and heavy forequarters surmounted by a large fleshy hump: as
a. wisent
b. buffalo 1c(1)
• bisontine adjective
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- bison — ˈbaɪsn (зоология) бизон, зубр американский (Bison americanus)bison бизон… (Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь)
- bison — noun бизон… (Англо-русский словарь Мюллера)
- Bison — Biso Bi"so (b[imac]"s[o^]; 277), . [L. biso, Gr. bi`sw, a wild ox; aki to OHG. wisut, wisat, G. wiset, AS. wesed, Icel. v[ i]sudr: cf. F. biso.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) The aurochs or Europea biso. (b) The America biso buffalo ({Biso… (The Collaborative International Dictionary of English)
- Bison Americanus — Biso Bi"so (b[imac]"s[o^]; 277), . [L. biso, Gr. bi`sw, a wild ox; aki to OHG. wisut, wisat, G. wiset, AS. wesed, Icel. v[ i]sudr: cf. F. biso.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) The aurochs or Europea biso. (b) The America biso buffalo ({Biso…
- Bison bonasus — Aurochs Au"rochs ([add]"r[o^]ks), . [G. auerochs, OHG. [ u]rohso; [ u]r (cf. AS. [ u]r) + ohso ox, G. ochs. Cf. {Owre}, {Ox}.] (Zo["o]l.) The Europea biso ({Biso boasus}, or {Biso Europ[ae]us}), oce widely distributed, but ow early…
- Bison Europaeus — Aurochs Au"rochs ([add]"r[o^]ks), . [G. auerochs, OHG. [ u]rohso; [ u]r (cf. AS. [ u]r) + ohso ox, G. ochs. Cf. {Owre}, {Ox}.] (Zo["o]l.) The Europea biso ({Biso boasus}, or {Biso Europ[ae]us}), oce widely distributed, but ow early…
- american bison — 1> _зоол. бизон (Bison americanus)… (Новый большой англо-русский словарь)
- bison — 1> _зоол. бизон, зубр американский (Bison americanus)…
- bison grass — 1> _бот. бизонова трава (Buchloe dactyloides)…
- Bison — m -s, -s зоол.бизон (Bison bison L.)… (Большой немецко-русский и русско-немецкий словарь)