Definition of Bison bison

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

Exact synonyms: American Bison, American Buffalo, Buffalo
Group relationships: Genus Bison
Generic synonyms: Bison
Terms within: Buffalo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bison Bison

Bishop Ulfila
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
Bisquick
Bissau
BitTorrent
Bithynia
Bitis
Bitis arietans
Bitis gabonica
Bitola
Bitot
Bittacidae
Bittner's milk factor
Bittner agent
Bittner virus

Literary usage of Bison bison

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

1. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"The bison, bison bison (Fig. 536), up to the year 1870, ranged over a large part of the Great ... —The American bison, bison bison. (From Beddard.) (Fig. ..."

2. Additions to the Pleistocene Mammal Faunas of South Carolina, North Carolina by Albert E. Sanders (2002)
"Those include the modern Bison bison bison (Linnaeus) and bison bison athabascae Rhoads, 1897, and five fossil forms: Bison latifrons (Harían, 1825); ..."

3. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"To illustrate this, let us consider the distribution, abundance, and annual cycles of bison (bison bison) and prairie dogs (Cynomys spp. ..."

4. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"... 68 Bull Bison (bison bison) 70 A Herd of American Bison (bison bison) .... 72 Nest of Young Cottontails 76 Young Cottontail Among the Cabbages (Lepus ..."

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