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Definition of Aurochs

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 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.

Meaning of Aurochs from wikipedia

- Holocene. The aurochs declined during the late Holocene due to habitat loss and hunting, and became extinct around the 17th century. The aurochs is depicted...
- The Indian aurochs (Bos primigenius namadicus; Sindhi: انڊين جهنگلي ڏاند) is an extinct subspecies of aurochs that inhabited West Asia and the Indian subcontinent...
- Auroch Digital is a game development company based in Bristol, UK. It previously ran the GameTheNews initiative, a project that produced news games on...
- cattle bear less resemblance to the aurochs than do many Iberian fighting cattle. Ideas for creating an aurochs-like animal from domestic cattle have...
- Bulls where bulls, equines, aurochs, stags, and the only bear in the cave are depicted. The four black bulls, or aurochs, are the dominant figures among...
- be considered to resemble the aurochs closely. Rather they should be seen as a po****tion of cattle in which a few aurochs characteristics may be found;...
- primigenius (aurochs) †B. p. primigenius (Eurasian aurochs) †B. p. mauritanicus (North African aurochs) †B. p. namadicus (Indian aurochs) †Bos acutifrons...
- from the aurochs in physical characteristics, and some modern attempts claim to try to create an animal that is nearly identical to the aurochs in morphology...
- tamaraw†, Bubalus cebuensis Genus Bos Aurochs, Bos primigenius Eurasian aurochs†, B. p. primigenius Indian aurochs†, B. p. namadicus Banteng, Bos javanicus...
- Night of the Aurochs is an unfinished novel by Dalton Trumbo (died 1976), published posthumously in 1979. Aurochs is an attempt by Trumbo to tell the tale...