urus

noun

1. The aurochs.

   “Howbeit, that country bringeth forth certain kinds of goodly great wild bœufes: to wit, the Biſontes, mained with a collar, like Lions: and the Vri, a mightie ſtrong beaſt, and a ſwift: which the ignorant people call Buffles, whereas indeed the Buffle is bred in Affrica, and carieth ſome reſemblance of a calfe rather, or a ſtag.”

   “He also brought forth two large drinking cups, made out of the horn of the urus, and hooped with silver.”

   “Eduard Hahn has postulated that the motive for capturing and maintaining the urus in the captive state was to have available a supply, for sacrificial purposes, of the animal sacred to the lunar mother goddess worshipped over an immense area of the ancient world.”

2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of urs.
3. (form-of, plural)plural of Uru
4. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Urs (“death anniversary of a Sufi saint”).