aurochs

aurochs — * * * aurochs [ ɔrɔk ] n. m. • 1752; ouroflz 1414; all. Auerochs, de Ochs « bœuf » et germ. Auer qui a donné le lat. urus → urus ♦ Grand bœuf d Europe (bovidés), proche du zébu d Asie, dont la race est éteinte. Corne d aurochs. * * * ● aurochs… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

aurochs — noun zool. зубр …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

Aurochs — Au rochs ([add] r[o^]ks), n. [G. auerochs, OHG. [=u]rohso; [=u]r (cf. AS. [=u]r) + ohso ox, G. ochs. Cf. {Owre}, {Ox}.] (Zo[ o]l.) The European bison ({Bison bonasus}, or {Bison Europ[ae]us}), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

aurochs — 1> зоол. зубр (Bos bonasus); тур (Bos primigenius) …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

aurochs — m. Uro: especie de bisonte de Europa, ya extinguido …   Enciclopedia Universal

Aurochs — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Urús.  Pour l’article homophone, voir Oroch …   Wikipédia en Français

Aurochs — Not to be confused with Wisent. Aurochs Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Holocene An Aurochs, from a 19th century copy of a painting owned by a merchant in Augsburg. The original probably dates to the 16th century …   Wikipedia

aurochs — /awr oks/, n., pl. aurochs. 1. a large, black European wild ox, Bos primigenius: extinct since 1627. 2. (not used scientifically) the European bison. [1760 70; < G, var. (now obs.) of Auerochs, MHG urochse, OHG urohso, equiv. to ur (c. OE ur… …   Universalium

aurochs — noun (plural aurochs) Etymology: German, from Old High German ūrohso, from ūro aurochs + ohso ox; akin to Old English ūr aurochs more at ox Date: 1766 an extinct large long horned wild ox (Bos primigenius) of Europe that is the ancestor of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

aurochs — ˈɔ:rɔks сущ.; зоол. зубр (зоология) зубр (Bos bonasus); тур (Bos primigenius) aurochs зоол. зубр …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь