aurochs
pronunciation
How to pronounce aurochs in British English:
UK [ˈɔːrɒks]
How to pronounce aurochs in American English:
US [ˈɔːrɑːks]
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- Noun:
- European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison
- large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle
Word Origin
- aurochs
- aurochs: see ox
- aurochs (n.)
- 1766, misapplication to the European bison (Bos bison) of a word that actually refers to a species of wild ox (Bos ursus) that went extinct 17c., from German Aurochs, from Old High German urohso, from uro "aurochs" (cognate with Old English ur, Old Norse ürr), which is of unknown origin, + ohso "ox" (see ox). Latin urus and Greek ouros are Germanic loan-words.
Example
- 1. Distinctions between aurochs and american bisons are not substantial .
- 2. Aurochs ` hair is brown , but young calves have reddish hair .
- 3. Aurochs are the heaviest and the biggest land mammals in all european continent .
- 4. The workers needed a stable food supply , and the area was rich in wild species like aurochs and einkorn , one of the ancestors of domesticated wheat .
- 5. Only the boldest hunters tackle the aurochs .