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aurochs

noun
/ˈaʊɹɒks/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from *ūraz✻
  2. derived from ūrohso
  3. derived from ūrochse
  4. borrowed from Aurochs

Definitions

  1. An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.

  2. The European bison (Bos bonasus, or Europæus).

  3. plural of auroch

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