aurochs

1. 1.

   European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison

   SynonymswisentBison bonasus

   Broaderbison

   Part ofgenus Bison
2. 2.

   large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle

   SynonymsurusBos primigenius

   Broaderox

   Part ofBos

Other forms of aurochs

plural

aurochses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aurochs

What does aurochs mean?

aurochs means "European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aurochs?

aurochs has 2 syllables: au-rochs. The stress falls on "au".

What is another word for aurochs?

Close synonyms include wisent, Bison bonasus, urus, Bos primigenius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aurochs a common word?

aurochs is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.