urus

American

[yoor-uhs] / ˈyʊər əs /

noun

the aurochs.

urus British

/ ˈjʊərəs /

noun

another name for the aurochs

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Inflected Forms

noun

uruses

plural

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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Under the tables there were enormous urus' skins.

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

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