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Bison Bison

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Noun

1. american bison, american buffalo, bison bison, buffalo

large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

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Bison Bison

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noun plural -son
1. Also called: American bison, buffalo
a member of the cattle tribe, Bison bison, formerly widely distributed over the prairies of W North America but now confined to reserves and parks, with a massive head, shaggy forequarters, and a humped back
2. Also called: wisent, European bison
a closely related and similar animal, Bison bonasus, formerly widespread in Europe

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Bison Bison

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nounWord forms: plural ˈbison
any of a genus (Bison) of bovid ruminants having a shaggy mane, short, curved horns, and a humped back, as the American buffalo (B. bison) or the wisent

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