Definition of "aurochs" []

• See urus. (noun)
• See wisent. (noun)

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• "The aurochs is a species of buffalo greatly resembling those which used to roam our western prairies."
• "Ordinarily the aurochs was a harmless beast, fighting only when forced to it in self-defense; but an occasional bull there was that developed bellicose tendencies that made discretion upon the side of an unarmed human the better part of valor."
• "After this he sent a skilled hunter to imitate the sound of an aurochs mother, to call the aurochs father to the edge of the woods."