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bison

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌɪs(ə)n/

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Definition of bison

noun (plural same)

  • a humpbacked shaggy-haired wild ox native to North America and Europe.
    • Genus Bison, family Bovidae: B. bison of North American prairies (also called buffalo), and B. bonasus of European forests (also called wisent), now found only in Poland. These are sometimes regarded as a single species

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to wisent

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