Auroch

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of aurochs. alt-of, alternative

    "The truth is, he says, that the first of these skulls is that of an auroch, with no difference which can reasonably be considered as specific; and the second belongs, he conceives, simply to the species of our domestic ox, of which it has all the characters."

Example

More examples

"That's not an auroch. It's a modern cow."

Etymology

Back-formation from aurochs.

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