aurochs

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Definition of aurochs in English Turkish dictionary

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English - English

Definition of aurochs in English English dictionary

The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus)

An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle

or auroch Extinct wild ox (Bos primigenius) of Europe, the species from which cattle are probably descended. The aurochs survived in central Poland until 1627. It was black, stood 6 ft (1.8 m) high at the shoulder, and had spreading, forward-curving horns. Some German breeders claim to have re-created this race since 1945, but their animals are smaller and probably lack the aurochs's genetic constitution. The name has sometimes been wrongly applied to the European bison

It is distinct from the Urus of Cæsar, with which it has often been confused

European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison

{i} large European wild ox, bison

large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle

The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus

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Hyphenation

au·rochs

Etymology

[ 'aur-"äks, 'or- ] (noun.) 1766. From German Aurochs, an early variant of Auerochse from Middle High German ūrochse "aurochs" from Old High German ūrohso "aurochs", a compound consisting of ūro "aurochs" (from Proto-Germanic *ūraz, *ūrēn (“aurochs”) from Proto-Indo-European *ūəsr- (“aurochs”)) + ohso "ox". Akin to Old English ūr "aurochs", Old Norse ūrr "aurochs", Middle Low German ūrosse "aurochs", Old English oxa "ox". More at ox.