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

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 Waterloo, Stanley

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 Waterloo, Stanley

At this time, too, Ab took lessons in making all the varied articles of elk or reindeer horn and the drinking cups from the horns of urus and aurochs.

From The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man by Waterloo, Stanley

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

Hej! my lord, the last time I saw you, you were a small boy; and now, although there is no light, I suppose you are large like an urus.

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