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bison

  • noun
  • /ˈbaɪ̯sən/

A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

Kinds of bison

  • buffalo
  • aurochs

Related words

  • American bison
  • European bison
  • steppe bison
  • Higgs bison
  • Indian bison
  • bison grass
  • North American bison
  • plains bison
  • wood bison

Word history

From Latin "bison" (bisōn, bisōnt-).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “bison” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.