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/ˈʊərɒks//ˈjʊərɒks/ (See quots.)
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > genus Bison > bison bonasus (European bison)
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > genus Bos > bos primigenius or aurochs
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1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 54/2 An animal peculiar to Lithuania is the urochs, or bison.
1864 J. Hunt tr. C. Vogt Lect. on Man xii. 335 The bones found belonged to..the now extinct ‘urochs’ (Bos primigenius);..the Lithuanian Bison, or Auerochs (Bos urus, or Bison Europæus)..is a distinct species.
1881 Nature 27 Jan. 296/2 Post-Tertiary animals (such as mammoth, rhinoceros, urochs).
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