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urus
[ yoor-uhs ]
noun
- the aurochs.
urus
/ ˈjʊərəs /
noun
- another name for the aurochs
Word History and Origins
Origin of urus1
Word History and Origins
Origin of urus1
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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