Definition of "wisents" [wisents]

• Plural form of wisent. (noun)

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• "The Emperor Alexander II of Russia visited the forest in 1860 and decided that the protection of wisents must be reintroduced."
• "Two of them come from the zoological garden in Pszczyna, they were direct descendants of a pair of wisents from the Puszcza Białowieska given to Duke of Pszczyna by Emperor of Russia Alexander II in 1865."
• "The reintroduction proved successful and in 1939 there were 16 wisents in Bialowieza National Park."