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au·rochs  (ourks, ôrks)
n. pl. aurochs
1. See urus.
2. See wisent.
[Obsolete German, variant of German Auerochs, from Middle High German rohse, from Old High German rohso : ro, aurochs + ohso, ox; see uks-en- in Indo-European roots.]
aurochs [ˈɔːrɒks]
n pl -rochs
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) (Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) a recently extinct member of the cattle tribe, Bos primigenius, that inhabited forests in N Africa, Europe, and SW Asia. It had long horns and is thought to be one of the ancestors of modern cattle Also called urus
[from German, from Old High German ūrohso, from ūro bison + ohso ox]
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Noun1.aurochs - European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bisonaurochs - European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison
Bison bonasus, wisent
genus Bison - sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo
bison - any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns
2.aurochs - large recently extinct long-horned European wild oxaurochs - large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle
Bos primigenius, urus
Bos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini
wild ox, ox - any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
Translations
aurochs [ˈɔːrɒks] N → uro m, aurochs m
aurochs
n → Auerochse m, → Ur m
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