bison

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

bĭson, ontis, m., = βίσων [acc. to Oppian. Cyn. 2, 155, named from the Thracian Βίστονες],

a species of wild ox living in northern regions , the Urus , the humpbacked ox , bison : Bos bison, Linn.; Plin. 8, 15, 15, § 38; Sen. Hippol. 65; Mart. Spect. 23, 4; Sol. 20.

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