bison

bi·son  (bsn, -zn)

n. pl. bison

1. A bovine mammal (Bison bison) of western North America, having large forequarters, a shaggy mane, and a massive head with short curved horns; a buffalo.

2. An animal (B. bonasus) of Europe, similar to but somewhat smaller than the bison; a wisent.

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[Latin bisn, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wisunt.]

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bison [ˈbaɪs^ən]

n pl -son

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called American bison buffalo a member of the cattle tribe, Bison bison, formerly widely distributed over the prairies of W North America but now confined to reserves and parks, with a massive head, shaggy forequarters, and a humped back

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called wisent European bison a closely related and similar animal, Bison bonasus, formerly widespread in Europe

[from Latin bisōn, of Germanic origin; related to Old English wesand, Old Norse vīsundr]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bison - any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns bovid - hollow-horned ruminants genus Bison - sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo American bison, American buffalo, Bison bison, buffalo - large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains aurochs, Bison bonasus, wisent - European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison

Translations

bison [ˈbaɪsən] N (bison (bisons (pl))) → bisonte m

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bison [ˈbaɪs^ən] [bison] [ˈbaɪs^ən] (pl) n (mainly British) (= buffalo) → bison m

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bison

n (American) → Bison m; (European) → Wisent m

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bison [ˈbaɪsn] n → bisonte m

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bison [ˈbaɪsn] n → bisonte m

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bison

n bison [ˈbaisn]

1 the American buffalo a herd of bison. bison بيسون: ثور وحشي أمريكي бизон bizon bisonokse der Bison βίσονας bisonte Ameerika piison گاومیش آمریکایی puhveli bison תְאוֹ भैंसा bizon bölény bison vísundur bisonte アメリカ野牛 바이슨(미국 들소) bizonas bizons bison bizon bisonokse bizon bisonte bizon (американский) бизон bizón bizon bizon bison[] วัวไบซัน bizon (美洲)水牛 бізон امریکی بھینس trâu Châu Mỹ （美洲）水牛

2 the large European wild ox. bison جاموس وحشي أوروبي голям европейски див бивол zubr vildokse der Wisent αγριοβούβαλο bisonte Euroopa piison گاو نر اروپایی biisonihärkä bison בִּיזוֹן गवल bivol bölény banteng vísundur bisonte ヨーロッパ野牛 유럽 들소 stumbras sumbrs bison wisent bisonokse, visent żubr bisonte bizon, bour (европейский) зубр zubor bizon bizon visent วัวป่าขนาดใหญ่ในยุโรป yabani sığır (歐洲)野牛 зубр یورپی جنگلی بیل bò rừng bizon （欧洲）野牛