wisent

[ vee-zuhnt ]

noun

1. bison ( def 2 ).

wisent

/ ˈwiːzənt /

noun

1. See bison
   the European bison See bison

Word History and Origins

Origin of wisent¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of wisent¹

German, from Old High German wisunt bison

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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