urus

American  

[yoor-uhs] / ˈyʊər əs /

noun

plural

uruses

1. the aurochs.

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urus British  

/ ˈjʊərəs /

noun

1. another name for the aurochs

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Etymology

Origin of urus

1595–1605; < Latin ūrus a kind of wild ox (cognate with Greek oûros ) < Germanic; compare Old English, Old High German ūr, Old Norse ūrr

Example Sentences

At this time, too, Ab took lessons in making all the varied articles of elk or reindeer horn and the drinking cups from the horns of urus and aurochs.

From The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man by Waterloo, Stanley

Then he glanced around and perceived the yellow body of the urus, he also saw Danusia wringing her hands and Zbyszko lying on a mantle.

From The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy by Binion, Samuel A.

No bow is bended in the Teutonic forests, unless against the elk or urus!

From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 by Herbert, Henry William

He had seen in circuses the terrible urus, brought from wildernesses of the north, against which the most daring bestiarii went with dread, and which yielded only to elephants in size and strength.

From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah

It is thought by some that the Chillingham cattle are descendants of the urus.

From The Tree-Dwellers by Brown, Howard V.