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wisent
[ vee-zuhnt ]
/ ˈvi zənt /
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Origin of wisent
First recorded in 1865–70; from German; Old High German wisunt; compare Old English wesend, weosend, Old Norse vīsundr, Old Prussian wissambrs, Greek bísōn bison
Words nearby wisent
wise guy, wisely, Wiseman, Wise Men, wisenheimer, wisent, wise up, wise up to, wish, wishbone, wishbone boom
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How to use wisent in a sentence
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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