wisent
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From German Wisent.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
wisent (plural wisents)
- The European bison, Bison bonasus.
Synonyms [edit]
Hypernyms [edit]
- (a member of the Genus Bison): bison
- (a cloven-hoofed ruminant mammal of the subfamily Bovinae, cattle): bovine
- (a hoofed mammal chewing cud): ruminant
Hyponyms [edit]
- (only surviving purebred subspecies, Bison bonasus bonasus): lowland wisent
- (subspecies only surviving as a hybrid, Bison bonasus caucasicus): Caucasian wisent
- (extinct subspecies, Bison bonasus hungarorum): Carpathian wisent
Translations [edit]
The European bison, Bison bonasus