ALL meanings of aurochs
au·rochs
A a - noun aurochs a recently extinct member of the cattle tribe, Bos primigenius, that inhabited forests in N Africa, Europe, and SW Asia. It had long horns and is thought to be one of the ancestors of modern cattle 3
- noun aurochs wisent 3
- noun aurochs urus 3
- noun plural aurochs a large, black European wild ox, Bos primigenius: extinct since 1627. 1
- noun plural aurochs (not used scientifically) the European bison. 1
- noun aurochs A large wild Eurasian ox that was the ancestor of domestic cattle. It was probably exterminated in Britain in the Bronze Age, and the last one was killed in Poland in 1627. 1
- noun aurochs An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle. 0
- noun aurochs (zoology) The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus). 0