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BOS PRIMIGENIUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle
Synonyms:
aurochs; Bos primigenius; urus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Bos primigenius" is a kind of...):
ox; wild ox (any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos)
Holonyms ("Bos primigenius" is a member of...):
Bos; genus Bos (wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini)
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