wisentn.
/ˈwiːzənt/ Ancient History.
The aurochs.
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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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1866 J. E. Lee tr. F. Keller Lake Dwellings 356 The urus..as well as the bison (or wisent)..are found to have been the most abundant animals in the forests of the stone age.
1889 I. Taylor Origin Aryans iii. 152.
1893 R. Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 31 The true, or European, bison..also known as the wisent or zubr.
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