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bi·son B0282900 (bī′sən, -zən)n. pl. bison 1. A bovine mammal (Bison bison) of western North America, having large forequarters, a shaggy mane, and a massive head with short curved horns; a buffalo.2. A bovine mammal (Bison bonasus) of Europe, similar to the North American bison but with a somewhat smaller head and longer horns; a wisent.3. The flesh of the North American bison, used as food.
[Latin bisōn, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wisunt.]bison (ˈbaɪsən) n, pl -son1. (Animals) Also called: American bison or buffalo a member of the cattle tribe, Bison bison, formerly widely distributed over the prairies of W North America but now confined to reserves and parks, with a massive head, shaggy forequarters, and a humped back2. (Animals) Also called: wisent or European bison a closely related and similar animal, Bison bonasus, formerly widespread in Europe[C14: from Latin bisōn, of Germanic origin; related to Old English wesand, Old Norse vīsundr]bi•son (ˈbaɪ sən, -zən)
n., pl. -son. 1. a North American buffalo, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders. 2. Also called wisent. a related buffalo, Bison bonasus, of Europe, less shaggy and slightly larger than the American bison: nearly extinct in the wild. [1350–1400; Middle English bisontes (pl.) < Latin (nominative singular bisōn) < Germanic] bi′son•tine` (-ˌtaɪn) adj. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  bison - any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short hornsbovid - hollow-horned ruminantsgenus Bison - sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffaloAmerican bison, American buffalo, Bison bison, buffalo - large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plainsaurochs, Bison bonasus, wisent - European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison |
Translationsbison (ˈbaisn) – plurals ˈbison (rare) ˈbisons – noun1. the American buffalo. a herd of bison. (美洲)水牛 （美洲）水牛 2. the large European wild ox. (歐洲)野牛 （欧洲）野牛 bison
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bison, large hoofed mammal, genus Bison, of the cattlecattle,
name for the ruminant mammals of the genus Bos, and particularly those of the domesticated species, Bos taurus and B. indica. The term oxen, broadly used, refers also to closely related animals, such as the buffalo and the bison.
..... Click the link for more information. family. Bison have short horns and humped, heavily mantled shoulders that slope downward to the hindquarters. The European bison, or wisentwisent
, name for the European bison, Bison bonasus. It is a close relative of the American bison, B. bison. Longer legged and less heavily built than its American cousin, the wisent may reach a height of 54 to 60 in.
..... Click the link for more information. , Bison bonasus, has a less luxuriant mane and beard than the American species, B. bison. The American bison is commonly called buffalo, but true buffalobuffalo,
name commonly applied to the American bison but correctly restricted to certain related African and Asian mammals of the cattle family. The water buffalo, or Indian buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, is found in S Asia.
..... Click the link for more information. are African and Asian animals of the same family. B. bison is characterized by a huge, low-slung head and massive hump; its legs are shorter than those of the wisent. Males may reach a shoulder height of over 5 ft (1.5 m), a body length of 9 ft (2.7 m), and a weight of 2,500 lb (1,130 kg). The winter coat of the American bison is dark brown and shaggy; it is shed in spring and replaced by a coat of short, light-brown fur. Bison graze on prairie grasses, migrating south in search of food in the winter. They formerly were found over much of North America, especially on the Great Plains, and were hunted by Native Americans for their flesh and hides. During the 19th cent. they were subjected to a wholesale slaughter that resulted in their near extinction. They were killed for their tongues, regarded as a delicacy, and shot for sport from trains. Estimates of the number of bison in North America, at their peak, range from 24 million to 60 million. By the middle of the 19th cent. the bison was extinct E of the Mississippi, and by 1900 there remained only two wild herds in North America, one of plains bison in Yellowstone Park, and one of the larger variety, called wood bison, in Canada. Protective laws were passed beginning at the end of the last century, and the bison population has since risen from a few hundred to many thousands, although most bison not on federal lands have been hybridized to some degree with domestic cattle. The wood bison may have vanished as a distinct race through hybridization with the plains bison. The American bison was made the national of the United States by an act of Congress in 2016. Bison are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla, family Bovidae. Bibliography See T. McHugh and V. Hobson, The Time of the Buffalo (1972); J. N. Mcdonald, North American Bison (1981); V. Geist, Buffalo Nation (1996). bison[′bīs·ən] (vertebrate zoology) The common name for two species of the family Bovidae in the order Artiodactyla; the wisent or European bison (Bison bonasus), and the American species (Bison bison). bison1. a member of the cattle tribe, Bison bison, formerly widely distributed over the prairies of W North America but now confined to reserves and parks, with a massive head, shaggy forequarters, and a humped back 2. a closely related and similar animal, Bison bonasus, formerly widespread in Europe Bison (tool)GNU's replacement for the yacc parser generator.Bison runs under Unix and on Atari computers. It waswritten by Robert Corbett.
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Words related to bisonnoun any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short hornsRelated Words- bovid
- genus Bison
- American bison
- American buffalo
- Bison bison
- buffalo
- aurochs
- Bison bonasus
- wisent
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