genus bison

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   sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofBovidae

Questions about genus bison

What does genus bison mean?

genus bison means "sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo".

Is genus bison a common word?

genus 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.