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aurochs
[ awr-oks ]
noun
- a large, black European wild ox, Bos primigenius: extinct since 1627.
- (not used scientifically) the European bison.
aurochs
/ ˈɔːrɒks /
noun
- 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 calledurus
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of aurochs1
Example Sentences
A terrible storm melts the polar ice caps, unleashing a group of prehistoric creatures called Aurochs.
The urus, or aurochs, is the same animal as the common bull, in his wild and natural state.
All the domestic oxen without hunches have proceeded originally from the aurochs, and those with the hunch from the bison.
The urus or aurochs, is the same animal as our common bull, in his wild and natural state.
But our domestic cattle are derived from some form of aurochs—probably from some lesser Central Asiatic variety.
What this creature was is not clear; possibly it was the aurochs or buffalo—Bordes vengeable beast, the Bovy of Bohemia.
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