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

Noun

pl -son an animal of the cattle family with a massive head, shaggy forequarters, and a humped back [Germanic]

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

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 아메리카 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 visentti bison בִּיזוֹן गवल bivol bölény banteng vísundur bisonte ヨーロッパ野牛 유럽산 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