URUSES

Noun

uruses

plural of urus

Anagrams

• usures

Source: Wiktionary


URUS

U"rus, n. Etym: [L.; of Teutonic origin. See Aurochs.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus or primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Cæsar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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