aurochs
a large, black European wild ox, Bos primigenius: extinct since 1627.
(not used scientifically) the European bison.
Origin of aurochs
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How to use aurochs in a sentence
A terrible storm melts the polar ice caps, unleashing a group of prehistoric creatures called aurochs.
The Daily Beast’s Oscar Nominees: Leonardo DiCaprio, Anne Hathaway & More | Marlow Stern | January 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe urus, or aurochs, is the same animal as the common bull, in his wild and natural state.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VIII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonAll the domestic oxen without hunches have proceeded originally from the aurochs, and those with the hunch from the bison.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VIII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonThe urus or aurochs, is the same animal as our common bull, in his wild and natural state.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VIII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonBut our domestic cattle are derived from some form of aurochs—probably from some lesser Central Asiatic variety.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George Wells
What this creature was is not clear; possibly it was the aurochs or buffalo—Bordes vengeable beast, the Bovy of Bohemia.
Medival Byways | Louis F. Salzmann
British Dictionary definitions for aurochs
/ (ˈɔːrɒks) /
a recently extinct member of the cattle tribe, Bos primigenius, that inhabited forests in N Africa, Europe, and SW Asia. It had long horns and is thought to be one of the ancestors of modern cattle: Also called: urus
Origin of aurochs
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