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Urus

Urus Meaning & Definition
Urus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Urus?

[n] large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle

Synonyms | Synonyms for Urus: aurochs | Bos primigenius

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See Also | Bos | genus Bos | ox | wild ox

Urus In Webster's Dictionary

\U"rus\, n. [L.; of Teutonic origin. See {Aurochs}.] (Zo["o]l.) A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal ({Bos urus or primigenius}) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius C[ae]sar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, {ur}, {ure}, and {tur}.

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