Found 2 items, similar to Bos primigenius.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Bos primigenius Bos primigenius n : large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle [syn: aurochs, urus]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bos primigenius Urus \U"rus\, n. [L.; of Teutonic origin. See Aurochs.] (Zo["o]l.) A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus or Bos primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius C[ae]sar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur. [1913 Webster]