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BISON BISON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bison bison mean? 

BISON BISON (noun)
  The noun BISON BISON has 1 sense:

1. large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plainsplay

  Familiarity information: BISON BISON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BISON BISON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American bison; American buffalo; Bison bison; buffalo

Hypernyms ("Bison bison" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "Bison bison"):

buffalo (meat from an American bison)

Holonyms ("Bison bison" is a member of...):

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


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