Urus
[juәrәs]
Definition
(n.) A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus / primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Caesar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur.
Checker: Olivier
Definition
n. the Latin name of the wild ox which in the time of Julius CéŽ ar was abundant in European forests—the Aurochs of the Germans and the ancestor of the European domesticated cattle.
Typist: Stephanie