WISENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wisent mean? 

• WISENT (noun)
  The noun WISENT has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WISENT (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 ("wisent" is a kind of...):

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

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

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