aurochs : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: aurochs	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aurochs n European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison Synonym(s): wisent, aurochs, Bison bonasus large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle Synonym(s): aurochs, urus, Bos primigenius
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aurochs \Au"rochs\ ([add]"r[ocr]ks), n. [G. auerochs, OHG. [umac]rohso; [umac]r (cf. AS. [umac]r) + ohso ox, G. ochs. Cf. {Owre}, {Ox}.] (Zo[94]l.) The European bison ({Bison bonasus, [or] Europ[91]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[91]sar, with which it has often been confused.