bison bonasus

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

   Synonymswisentaurochs

   Broaderbison

   Part ofgenus Bison

Questions about bison bonasus

What does bison bonasus mean?

bison bonasus means "European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison".

What is another word for bison bonasus?

Close synonyms include wisent, aurochs. 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 bonasus a common word?

bison bonasus 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.