What is another word for urus?

Pronunciation: [jˈʊ͡əɹəs] (IPA)

Urus is a term used to describe an extinct wild cow, sometimes referred to as Aurochs. There are several synonyms for the term urus, including bison, buffalo, ox, and yak. Bison and buffalo are commonly used to refer to similar large mammals found in North America. Ox is a term used to describe domesticated cattle typically used for plowing or transportation. Yak is a species of wild or domesticated cattle found primarily in the Himalayan region. While these terms are similar in meaning to urus, they often refer to specific species of mammals.

What are the hypernyms for Urus?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Urus?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for urus (as nouns)

What are the holonyms for Urus?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.

Usage examples for Urus

His thoughts would be of the scent of the pastures on autumn mornings, of snowflakes, or of the bellowing of the urus lost in the fog, and closing his eyelids he would in imagination behold the fires in long, straw-roofed cottages flickering on the marshes in the depths of the woods.
"Salammbo"
Gustave Flaubert
The slain beasts, whether lion or urus, were arranged in a row before the altar, while the king, accompanied by his flabella, and umbrella-bearers, stood alongside them, holding his bow in his left hand.
"History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 6 (of 12)"
G. Maspero
In other words, they were subsequent to the last great physical changes of Europe, and were contemporaries of the urus and bison, not of the Elephas primigenius, Rhinoceros tichorhinus, and Hyaena spelaea.
"The Antiquity of Man"
Charles Lyell

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