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aurochs
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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
Noun
pl -rochs a recently extinct European wild ox [German]
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Noun1.aurochsaurochs - 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 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


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