auroque — meaning in English

English meaning

• aurochs noun An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
• Bison noun A large, shaggy, wild ox-like mammal native to North America and parts of Europe.

Senses

auroque is used for these senses in English:

• European bison The wisent, species Bos bonasus, Europe's heaviest land animal.
• aurochs An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
• bison A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

aurochs — full definition

1. noun An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
2. noun The European bison (Bos bonasus, or Europæus).

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