aurochs
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Augsburg depiction of an aurochs.
See also: Aurochs
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from German Aurochs, an early variant of Auerochse, from Middle High German ūrochse (“aurochs”), from Old High German ūrohso (“aurochs”), a compound consisting of ūro (“aurochs”) (from Proto-Germanic *ūraz, *ūrô (“aurochs”)) + ohso (“ox”). Akin to Old English ūr (“aurochs”), Old Norse úrr (“aurochs”), Middle Low German ūrosse (“aurochs”), Old English oxa (“ox”). More at ox.
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Noun
aurochs (plural aurochs or aurochses or aurochsen) [1]
- An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
- (zoology) The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus).
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Bos primigenius
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European bison — see European bison
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References
- “aurochs”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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aurochs
French
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Noun
aurochs m (plural aurochs)
Further reading
- “aurochs”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.