BISON

bison

(noun) any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Bison

A city and town in Kansas.

A town, the county seat of Perkins County, South Dakota.

Anagrams

• Ibson, binos, bions

Etymology

Noun

bison (plural bison or bisons)

A wild ox, Bison bonasus.

Synonyms: wisent, European bison

A similar North American animal, Bison bison.

Synonyms: American bison, buffalo (imprecise), American buffalo (imprecise)

Anagrams

• Ibson, binos, bions

Source: Wiktionary


Bi"son, n. Etym: [L. bison, Gr. , a wild ox; akin to OHG. wisunt, wisant, G. wisent, AS. wesend, Icel. visundr: cf. F. bison.] (Zoöl.) (a) The aurochs or European bison. (b) The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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