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Aurochs

//ˈaʊɹɒks// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
  2. 2
    plural of auroch form-of, plural
  3. 3
    large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle wordnet
  4. 4
    The European bison (Bos bonasus, or Europæus).
  5. 5
    European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From auroch + -s (forming plurals).

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