urus
Americannoun
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uruses
plural
noun
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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
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An urus or fair is held here on Thursdays, the day commonly sacred to Muhammadan saints, and on this account the Kunbis will not be shaved on Thursdays.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
But there were the cattle, the aurochs and the urus, and the little horses and deer, and wild hog and a score of other creatures which, in the estimation of the sea-serpent, were extremely edible.
From The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man by Stanley Waterloo
There were two great tanned, tough urus hides.
From The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man by Stanley Waterloo
But both have entirely disappeared as wild animals, unless indeed the white cattle of Chillingham are really descendants of Caesar's dreadful urus and not merely domestic cattle lapsed into savagery.
From Concerning Animals and Other Matters by Edward Hamilton Aitken
Ab, clinging and raging aloft, afar out upon the limb, shouted to Hilltop to bring him the spear and the urus skins, and soon the sturdy old man was beside him.
From The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man by Stanley Waterloo
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