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‖ Boˈnasus, boˈnassus Zool.
Also 6 bonasius, bonaze.
[a. L. bonasus, a. Gr. βόνασος bison.]
A genus (or species) of the ox family (Bovidæ): the bison. See also aurochs.
1572J. Bossewell Armorie 56 b, The fielde is of y⊇ Diamond, a Bonaze Perle..Bonasius is a Beaste in fourme like a Bull. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) I. xiv. 234 The Cow kind, comprehending the Urus, the Buffalo, the Bison, and the Bonassus. 1790T. Bewick Quadrupeds (1824) 45 Whether it be the wild or the tame Ox, the Bonasus or the Urus. |