bison bison

1. 1.

   large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

   SynonymsAmerican bisonAmerican buffalobuffalo

   Broaderbison

   Part ofgenus Bison

   Partsbuffalo

Questions about bison bison

What does bison bison mean?

bison bison means "large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains".

What is another word for bison bison?

Close synonyms include American bison, American buffalo, buffalo. 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 bison bison a common word?

bison bison 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.