Aurochs
[ɒ:rɒks]
Definition
(noun.) large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle.
Editor: Patrick--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The European bison (Bison bonasus, / Europaeus), 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 Caesar, with which it has often been confused.
Checker: Salvatore
Definition
n. the European bison or wild ox.
Typist: Vance
Examples
- The great ox, or aurochs, is now extinct, but it survived in the German forests up to the time of the Roman Empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They were hunting peoples, and some or all of them appear to have hunted the mammoth and the wild horse as well as the reindeer, bison, and aurochs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Manfred