wisent
[ vee-zuhnt ]
/ ˈvi zənt /
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noun
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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 bísōnbison
Words nearby wisent
wise guy, wisely, Wiseman, Wise Men, wisenheimer, wisent, wise up, wise up to, wish, wishbone, wishbone boom
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Example sentences from the Web for wisent
Grazing in the meadows were the aurochs, or wild ox, and the wisent, or bison.
Men of the Old Stone Age|Henry Fairfield OsbornIt is uncertain whether the Wisent does not also occur in Siberia.
Men of the Old Stone Age|Henry Fairfield OsbornModern naturalists identify the elk with the eland, the wisent with the auerochs.
Man and Nature|George P. MarshThe 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
British Dictionary definitions for wisent
Word Origin for wisent
German, from Old High German wisunt bison
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