Found 2 items, similar to Aurochs.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: aurochs aurochs n 1: European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison [syn: wisent, Bison bonasus] 2: large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle [syn: urus, Bos primigenius]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Aurochs Aurochs \Au"rochs\ ([add]"r[o^]ks), n. [G. auerochs, OHG. [=u]rohso; [=u]r (cf. AS. [=u]r) + ohso ox, G. ochs. Cf. Owre, Ox.] (Zo["o]l.) The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Bison Europ[ae]us), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of C[ae]sar, with which it has often been confused. [1913 Webster]