Definition of Bison bonasus

1. Noun. European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison.

Exact synonyms: Aurochs, Wisent
Group relationships: Genus Bison
Generic synonyms: Bison

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bison Bonasus

Bishop Ulfilas
Bishop Wulfila
Bishop of Rome
Bisiac
Biskek
Biskra boil
Bislama
Bismarck
Bismarck Archipelago
Bismarck Sea
Bismarck brown R
Bismarckian
Bison bison
Bison bonasus (current term)
Bisquick
Bissau
BitTorrent
Bithynia
Bitis
Bitis arietans
Bitis gabonica
Bitola
Bitot
Bittacidae
Bittner's milk factor
Bittner agent
Bittner virus

Literary usage of Bison bonasus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the American Bison, Bison Americanus by Joel Asaph Allen, Geological Survey (U.S.) (1877)
"The length of the carpus and metacarpus in B. americanus (same specimens) to the length ок tarsus and metatarsus is as 74 to 100 ; in Bison bonasus, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1887)
"In the ruminating sections of the artiodactyla, as is well known, the second and fifth metacarpals are The only other skeleton of Bison bonasus in this ..."

3. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1877)
"... the carpus and metacarpus in B. americanus (same specimens) to the length o(' tarsus and metatarsus isas 74 to 100; in Bison bonasus, as 73 to 100. ..."

4. A Textbook of Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1921)
"... all of which became extinct except Bison americanus, with us, and Bison bonasus, in Europe. In the Pleistocene at least seven species of bison, ..."

5. A Comprehensive Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1921)
"... all of which became extinct except Bison americanus, with us, and Bison bonasus, in Europe. In the Pleistocene at least seven species of bison, ..."

6. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"Bison bonasus (Linn.). European Bison. Hab. Central Europe. a. Bred in the Gardon of the Zoological Society of Amsterdam, July 14, 1805. Purchased, Nov. ..."

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