AUROCHS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aurochs mean? 

• AUROCHS (noun)
  The noun AUROCHS has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: AUROCHS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUROCHS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

aurochs; Bison bonasus; wisent

Hypernyms ("aurochs" is a kind of...):

bison (any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns)

Holonyms ("aurochs" is a member of...):

genus Bison (sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

aurochs; Bos primigenius; urus

Hypernyms ("aurochs" is a kind of...):

ox; wild ox (any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos)

Holonyms ("aurochs" is a member of...):

Bos; genus Bos (wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini)