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Bison

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Noun

1. bison

any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bison

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noun plural -son
1. Also called: American bison, buffalo
a member of the cattle tribe, Bison bison, formerly widely distributed over the prairies of W North America but now confined to reserves and parks, with a massive head, shaggy forequarters, and a humped back
2. Also called: wisent, European bison
a closely related and similar animal, Bison bonasus, formerly widespread in Europe

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Bison

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nounWord forms: plural ˈbison
any of a genus (Bison) of bovid ruminants having a shaggy mane, short, curved horns, and a humped back, as the American buffalo (B. bison) or the wisent

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Bison

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n.pl. bison
1. A bovine mammal (Bison bison) of western North America, having large forequarters, a shaggy mane, and a massive head with short curved horns; a buffalo.
2. A bovine mammal (Bison bonasus) of Europe, similar to the North American bison but with a somewhat smaller head and longer horns; a wisent.
3. The flesh of the North American bison, used as food.

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