bisontes

English

Etymology

From Latin bisōntēs. Compare Middle English bysontes, bysountes.

Noun

bisontes

1. (rare) plural of bison
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book VIII.] Of Scythian beasts, and those that are bred in the North parts.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, pages 199–200:

     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.

   • 1826, John Ranking, “Sports and Combats in the Circus and Amphitheatre; […]”, in Historical Researches on the Wars and Sports of the Mongols and Romans: […], London: […] for the author and sold by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […]. And G. Lawford, […], pages 321 and 334:

     The Romans were drawn by camels; and Pliny tells us that Mark Antony made use of lions. Heliogabalus did the same; and also of boars, stags, wild asses, bisontes, and oryges, a sort of animal with one horn, which Ptolemy, according to Athenæus, drew his carriage with. […] Asses, wild—Bears—Bisontes—Boars—Buffaloes—Bulls, and foreign ones—Camels—Camelopards—Crocodiles—Crocotta, an animal between a dog and a wolf.

   • 1827, [Georges] Cuvier, The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization, […]. The Class Mammalia […]., volume the fourth, London: […] Geo[rge] B[yrom] Whittaker, […], pages 404–405:

     The Buffalo dance is one of the principal ceremonies of the year among many tribes. It takes place before the hunting season of the Bison, and has been fully described by Pennant. […] Like the rest of the Bisontes, the Yaks are more fond of mountainous woods and valleys, than the open plains, keeping on the south side in winter, and on the north in summer.

   • 1848, Cha[rle]s Hamilton Smith, The Natural History of the Human Species, Its Typical Forms, Primæval Distribution, Filiations, and Migrations, Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, […]; London: Samuel Highley, […], page 95:

     On the Rhine, skulls of gigantic Bisontes and Uri occurred, and Dr. Boué found human bones mixed with others of extinct species at Lahr.

   • 1861, Robert Chambers, Edinburgh Papers […]. Ice and Water: A Review of the Superficial Formation, London, Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, page 18:

     Deer, as gigantic in proportion to existing species, were the contemporaries of the old uri and bisontes, and may have disputed with them the pasturage of that ancient land; […]

Galician

Noun

bisontes

1. plural of bisonte

Latin

Noun

bisōntēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of bisōn

Portuguese

Noun

bisontes

1. plural of bisonte

Spanish

Noun

bisontes m pl

1. plural of bisonte