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
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Once, too, they had been treed by a bull urus, a gigantic white beast with a seven-foot spread of polished horns.
From In the Morning of Time by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
In fact, the most interesting and also the most perilous moment was coming, because the huntsmen had met a herd of urus and bisons.
From The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy by Samuel A. Binion
The urus, or wild ox, appears to have contributed a few names, of which our Ure may be one.
From Surnames as a Science by Robert Ferguson
He also brought forth two large drinking cups, made out of the horn of the urus, and hooped with silver.
From Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
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 Samuel A. Binion
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