Meaning aurochs
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aurochs


a type of wild ox that was an ancestor to the domestic cattleOur ancestors hunted the aurochs.
Source: macmillandictionary.com

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aurochs


1766, misapplication to the European bison (Bos bison) of a word that actually refers to a species of wild ox (Bos ursus) that went extinct 17c., from German Aurochs, from Old High German urohso, from [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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aurochs


large, extinct species of European cattle or oxen.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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aurochs


(n) European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison(n) large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle
Source: beedictionary.com

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aurochs


Extinct form of wild ox believed by archaeologists to have been first domesticated in Asia and Europe by around 6,000 BCE.
Source: history.alberta.ca





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