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urus

[ yoor-uhs ]

noun

, plural u·rus·es.
  1. the aurochs.


urus

/ ˈjʊərəs /

noun

  1. another name for the aurochs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of urus1

1595–1605; < Latin ūrus a kind of wild ox (cognate with Greek oûros ) < Germanic; compare Old English, Old High German ūr, Old Norse ūrr
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Word History and Origins

Origin of urus1

C17: from ūrus, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German ūr, Old Norse urr, Greek ouros aurochs
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Example Sentences

The urus would have become extinct but for the care taken by Russian emperors to preserve a remnant in Lithuanian forests.

The urus, or wild ox, appears to have contributed a few names, of which our Ure may be one.

In the forests of Poland and Lithuania the urus, a species of wild ox, is still occasionally met with.

There were species of wild cattle, including the European bison, and the urus or aurochs—spoken of by C�sar, and kin to, and doubtless partly ancestral to, the tame ox.

Two gigantic oxen—a bison and a urus—roamed over the fir-clad hills of Scotland, and a curious flat-headed ox, of small size and minute horns, made Ireland its peculiar home.

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