Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - bison
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Bison
bison
noun (plural ~) Etymology: Latin ~t-, ~, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wisant aurochs; akin to Old Prussian wissambrs aurochs Date: circa 1611 any of several large shaggy-maned usually gregarious recent or extinct bovine mammals (genus Bison) having a large head with short horns and heavy forequarters surmounted by a large fleshy hump: as a. wisent b. buffalo 1c(1) • ~tine adjective
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n. (pl. same) either of two wild hump-backed shaggy-haired oxen of the genus Bison, native to N. America (B. bison) or Europe (B. bonasus). Etymology: ME f. L f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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зубр (Bison); (американский) бизон (Bison bison) – American bison – European bison – Indian bison – plains bison ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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(bison) A bison is a large hairy animal with a large head that is a member of the cattle family. They used to be very common in North America and Europe. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use buffalo) = buffalo N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n plural bison or bisons an animal like a large cow with long hair, which used to be common in North America; buffalo (2) (ancient cave paintings of bison at Lascaux) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1611, from L. bison "wild ox," borrowed from P.Gmc. *wisand- "aurochs," also source of O.E. wesend. Possibly ult. of Baltic or Slavic origin. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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