aurochs

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Scrabble points: 12
Words With Friends: 13
Letters: 7

Pronunciation

/ˈaʊɹɒks/

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/ˈaʊɹɒks/ · /ˈɔːɹɒks/

Definition of aurochs

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.

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noun

An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
The European bison (Bos bonasus, or Europæus).
(form-of, plural)plural of auroch

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Aurochs, an early variant of Auerochse, from Middle High German ūrochse (“aurochs”), from Old High German ūrohso (“aurochs”), a compound consisting of ūro (“aurochs”) (from Proto-Germanic *ūraz, *ūrô (“aurochs”)) + ohso (“ox”). Akin to Old English ūr (“aurochs”), Old Norse úrr (“aurochs”), Middle Low German ūrosse (“aurochs”), Old English oxa (“ox”). More at ox.

Anagrams of aurochs

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