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Urus

//ˈjʊəɹəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The aurochs.

    "Howbeit, that country bringeth forth certain kinds of goodly great wild bœufes: to wit, the Biſontes, mained with a collar, like Lions: and the Vri, a mightie ſtrong beaſt, and a ſwift: which the ignorant people call Buffles, whereas indeed the Buffle is bred in Affrica, and carieth ſome reſemblance of a calfe rather, or a ſtag."

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of urs. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    plural of Uru form-of, plural
  4. 4
    Alternative form of Urs (“death anniversary of a Sufi saint”). alt-of, alternative
  5. 5
    large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle wordnet

Etymology

From Latin ūrus. Doublet of ure (“aurochs”).

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