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

There were species of wild cattle, including the European bison, and the urus or aurochs—spoken of by C�sar, and kin to, and doubtless partly ancestral to, the tame ox.

From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Roosevelt, Theodore

They expected abundant game, because the wilderness was swarming with urus, bisons and boars.

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

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

From The Tree-Dwellers by Brown, Howard V.

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 Binion, Samuel A.

Beneath his rock in the early world Smiling the naked hunter lay, And sketched on horn the spear he hurled, The urus which he made his prey.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert