aurochs

Meanings

Plural: aurochs, aurochsen, aurochses

Noun

European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison
large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle
An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
The European bison (Bos bonasus, or Europæus).
plural of auroch

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

Bison bonasus, Bos primigenius, ure, urus, wisent

Scrabble Score: 12

aurochs is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
aurochs is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 13

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