BISON BISON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

Synonyms:

American bison; American buffalo; Bison bison; buffalo

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Bison bison" is a kind of...):

bison (any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns)

Meronyms (parts of "Bison bison"):

buffalo (meat from an American bison)

Holonyms ("Bison bison" is a member of...):

genus Bison (sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo)