wisent

[ vee-zuh nt ]
/ ˈvi zənt /
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noun

bison(def 2).

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Origin of wisent

1865–70; < German; Old High German wisunt; compare Old English wesend, weosend, Old Norse vīsundr, OPruss wissambrs, Greek bísōn bison

Words nearby wisent

wiseacre, wiseass, wisecrack, wiseman, wisenheimer, wisent, wish, wish fulfillment, wish fulfilment, wish list, wish on
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Example sentences from the Web for wisent

  • Modern naturalists identify the elk with the eland, the wisent with the auerochs.

    Man and Nature|George P. Marsh

  • Grazing in the meadows were the aurochs, or wild ox, and the wisent, or bison.

    Men of the Old Stone Age|Henry Fairfield Osborn

  • The urus survived in Germany as late as the seventeenth century, while a few of the bison or 'wisent' survive to the present time.

    Men of the Old Stone Age|Henry Fairfield Osborn

  • It is uncertain whether the Wisent does not also occur in Siberia.

    Men of the Old Stone Age|Henry Fairfield Osborn

British Dictionary definitions for wisent

wisent
/ (ˈwiːzənt) /

noun

the European bisonSee bison (def. 2)

Word Origin for wisent

German, from Old High German wisunt bison
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