Definition of Bison

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Definition of Bison

Bison

The aurochs or European bison.

The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers.

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Bison Translations

bison in Afrikaans is bison, Amerikaanse buffel
bison in Dutch is bizon
bison in French is bison
bison in German is Wisent
bison in Portuguese is bisonte
bison in Spanish is bisonte

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