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Definition of American bison

1. Noun. Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains.

Definition of American bison

1. Noun. A bovine mammal, a species of bison, ''Bison bison''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of American Bison

Literary usage of American bison

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

1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"The genus Bison of the bovine family includes the american bison, commonly called ... The american bison will breed in captivity, and is fairly prolific. ..."

2. Transactions by Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1884)
"Perhaps no animal suffers more severely at the hand of man than the american bison. At the commencement of the present century it roamed in vast herds from ..."

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)
"HISTORY OF THE american bison, BISON AMERICANOS. BY JA ALLEN. EDITORIAL PREFACE. OFFICE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES, ..."

4. Basis of American History, 1500-1900 by Livingston Farrand (1904)
"JA Allen, "The american bison, Living and Extinct" (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Memoirs, Cambridge, 1876), and WT Hornaday, "The Extermination of the ..."

5. A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Embracing the by William James McKnight (1905)
"THE american bison, OR BUFFALO Centuries ago herds of wild buffaloes fed in our ... Yes, more, the " buffalo, or american bison, roamed in great droves over ..."

6. The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated by Edward Turner Bennett (1830)
"THE american bison attains a size far superior to that of the largest breeds of our common oxen. Like the Polish Aurochs, the species to which it offers the ..."

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