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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aurochs \Au"rochs\ ([add]"r[o^]ks), n. [G. auerochs OHG. [=u]rohso; [=u]r (cf. AS [=u]r) + ohso ox G. ochs. Cf {Owre}, {Ox}.] (Zo["o]l.) The European bison ({Bison bonasus, or Europ[ae]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[ae]sar, with which it has often been confused. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aurochs n 1: European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison [syn: {wisent}, {Bison bonasus}] 2: large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle [syn: {urus}, {Bos primigenius}]
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