Bison

From Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).

Bison m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the bisons.

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Bovidae - family; Bovinae - subfamily

• (genus): Bison bison, Bison bonasus - species

• Bison on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Bison

1. A city/town in Kansas.
2. A town in and the county seat of Perkins County, South Dakota.

• Ibson, binos, bions

16th c., borrowed from Latin bison, bisontis, at first also in forms with -t such as Bisont. Perhaps reinforced by French bison, from Old French bison, from the Latin. Eventually from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz and thus a doublet of Wisent.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːzɔn/

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Bison m or n (genitive Bisons, plural Bisons or Bisone)

1. bison (Bison bison)

• The normal plural is Bisons. The form Bisone is rare.

• Wisent m or n

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