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American bison

//əˈmɛɹɪkən ˈbaɪ̯sən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bovine mammal, a species of bison, Bison bison.

    "In the year 1521, when Cortez reached Anahuac, the American bison was seen for the first time by civilized Europeans, if we may be permitted to thus characterize the horde of blood thirsty plunder seekers who fought their way to the Aztec capital."

  2. 2
    large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains wordnet

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