Definitions for urusˈyʊər əs
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
u•rusˈyʊər əs(n.)(pl.)u•rus•es.
Category: Mammals
Ref: aurochs.
Origin of urus:
1595–1605; < L ūrus a kind of wild ox (c. Gk oûros) < Gmc; cf. OE, OHG ūr, ON ūrr
Princeton's WordNet
aurochs, urus, Bos primigenius(noun)
large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle
Wiktionary
urus(Noun)
The aurochs.
Origin: From ūrus
Webster Dictionary
Urus(noun)
a very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus / primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Caesar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur
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