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American bison en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /əˈmɛɹɪkən ˈbaɪ̯sən/
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Meanings

  1. A bovine mammal, a species of bison, Bison bison, endemic to North America.
    • In the year 1521, when Cortez reached Anahuac, the American bison was seen for the first time by civilized Europeans, if we may be permitted to thus characterize the horde of blood thirsty plunder seekers who fought their way to the Aztec capital. 1889, William T. Hornaday, The Extermination of the American Bison:

Forms

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American bison Number=Plur lexicographic
American bisons Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

bison (Bison bison) · bovid (Bison bison) · bovine (Bison bison)

Hyponyms

plains bison (Bison bison) · wood bison (Bison bison)

Relateds

European bison

Synonyms

North American buffalo (Bison bison) · bison (Bison bison) · buffalo (Bison bison) · North American bison (Bison bison) · American buffalo (Bison bison)

Translations (60)

rom bufalo (mammal) · lv bizons (mammal) · fur bisont american (mammal) · eo amerika bizono (mammal) · sv bisonoxe (mammal) · el βόνασος (mammal) · be бізон амерыканскі (mammal) · sk bizón (mammal) · ko 미국들소 (mammal) · fo amerikanskur bisonur (mammal) · fi biisoni (mammal) · ast bisonte americanu (mammal) · cmn 美洲野牛 (mammal) · eo bizono (mammal) · mt buflu ta’ l-amerika (mammal) · ru бизо́н (mammal) · eu bisonte amerikar (mammal) · ko 아메리카들소 (mammal) · ga bíosún meiriceánach (mammal) · uk бізон (mammal) · nl bizon (mammal) · sv bison (mammal) · mk американски бизон (mammal) · sc boiamericanu (mammal) · fr bison d'Amérique (mammal) · cs bizon (mammal) · pt bisonte-americano (mammal) · hsb bizon (mammal) · gd bìoson Ameireaganach (mammal) · sq bizoni amerikan (mammal) · sl bizon (mammal) · de Nordamerikanischer Bison (mammal) · oc bisont d'america (mammal) · nv ayání (mammal) · bg бизо́н (mammal) · fy bizon (mammal) · es bisonte americano (mammal) · sv amerikansk bison (mammal) · sh američki bizon (mammal) · rm bison american (mammal) · cy bual Americanaidd (mammal) · tr bizon (mammal) · gl bisonte americano (mammal) · la bos bison (mammal) · hu amerikai bölény (mammal) · pl bizon (mammal) · is vísundur (mammal) · ca bisó americà (mammal) · sc boe americanu (mammal) · da amerikansk bison (mammal) · dsb bizon (mammal) · lld bisont american (mammal) · no amerikansk bison (mammal) · et ameerika piison (mammal) · it bisonte americano (mammal) · lt bizonas (mammal) · br bizon amerika (mammal) · ro bizon (mammal) · sh амерички бизон (mammal) · pt bisão-americano (mammal)