aurochs

English
Augsburg depiction of an aurochs.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aurochs, an early variant of Auerochse, from Middle High German ūrochse (“aurochs”), from Old High German ūrohso (“aurochs”), a compound consisting of ūro (“aurochs”) (from Proto-Germanic *ūraz, *ūrô (“aurochs”)) + ohso (“ox”). Akin to Old English ūr (“aurochs”), Old Norse úrr (“aurochs”), Middle Low German ūrosse (“aurochs”), Old English oxa (“ox”). More at ox.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊɹɒks/, /ˈɔːɹɒks/

Noun

aurochs (plural aurochs or aurochses or aurochsen) [1]

  1. An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
  2. (zoology) The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus).

Translations
European bison — see European bison
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References
  • aurochs in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • Notes:
  1. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language by David Crystal (1995, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 200
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