urus

[ yoor-uhs ]

/ ˈyʊər əs /

Save This Word!

noun, plural u·rus·es.

the aurochs.

QUIZ

CUDDLE UP! A COZY QUIZ ON FALL WORDS HAS ARRIVED

If autumn is your ideal season, spice up your repertoire of "fall" vocabulary with this quiz on some warm and vivid descriptive words for the season.

Question 1 of 10

Which of the following words means “to make a crackling sound; crackle”?

crisp

crepitate

fuscous

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Meet Grammar Coach

Write or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar help

Improve Your Writing

Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing

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

Words nearby urus

Uruk, Urumchi, Urumiyeh, Ürümqi, Urundi, urus, urushiol, us, USA, usable, U.S.A.F.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

How to use urus in a sentence

The 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 Buffon
The 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 Buffon
In the forests of Poland and Lithuania the urus, a species of wild ox, is still occasionally met with.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
The question now arises, What is the distinction between the ancient Urus and our modern cattle?
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood

A sacred urus of gold hung down from her neck, separating the half-bared breasts.
Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity|Alexandre Kuprin

British Dictionary definitions for urus

urus

/ (ˈjʊərəs) /

noun plural uruses

another name for the aurochs

Word Origin for urus

C17: from ūrus, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German ūr, Old Norse urr, Greek ouros aurochs

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012