(çoğ. bi.son) (zooloji) bizon

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{i} bison
A wild ox, Bison bonasus
{n} a quadruped of the cow kind
A similar American animal, Bison bison else Bos americanus or Bisonte americano; also called a buffalo
The aurochs or European bison
Large European mammals with a shaggy mane, a large head with short horns and heavy forequarters surmounted by a large fleshy hump Closely related to cattle One of a number of animals which moved into the thicker wooded landscape after the last ice age
Upper-case The University of Manitoba Libraries' online public access catalogue
Called "hunchbacked cows" by Coronado when he saw them in Texas; taste is similar to beef, but slightly sweet
{i} large mammal of the ox family
any of several large shaggy-maned humped bovids having large heads and short horns
The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers
A bison is a large hairy animal with a large head that is a member of the cattle family. They used to be very common in North America and Europe. = buffalo. Either species (genus Bison) of oxlike bovid with a convex forehead and a pronounced shoulder hump. Its dark brown, coarse hair is especially long on the head, which is held low, and on the neck and shoulders. Both sexes bear heavy, curved horns. A mature bull stands about 6.5 ft (2 m) at the shoulder and weighs more than 1,980 lb (900 kg). Bison live in herds. The American bison (B. bison), commonly called buffalo, was abundant over most of North America when Europeans arrived. Uncontrolled hunting drove it nearly to extinction by 1900, but it has since recovered. The European bison (B. bonasus) is similar and survives only in a few managed herds
(çoğ. bi.son) (zooloji) bizon
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