aurochs

au·rochs  (ourks, ôrks)

n. pl. aurochs

1. See urus.

2. See wisent.

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[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.]

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	aurochs - 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

Translations

aurochs [ˈɔːrɒks] N → uro m, aurochs m

aurochs

n → Auerochse m, → Ur m