Bison
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).
Proper noun
[edit]Bison m
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Bovidae - family; Bovinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Bison bison, Bison bonasus - species
References
[edit]Bison on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Bison on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Bison on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Bison
- A city and town in Kansas.
- A town, the county seat of Perkins County, South Dakota.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin bisōn, bisōnt-, at first also in forms with -t such as Bisont. Perhaps reinforced by French bison of the same source. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz and thus a doublet of Wisent.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Bison m or (less common) n (strong, genitive Bisons, plural Bisons or (rare) Bisone)
- bison (Bison bison) [from 16th c.]
Usage notes
[edit]- The normal plural is Bisons. The form Bisone is rare.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Bison [masculine // neuter (less common), strong]
Further reading
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- Translingual terms derived from Latin
- Translingual terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- mul:Taxonomic names (genus)
- mul:Mammals
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in Kansas, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Towns in Kansas, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Kansas, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Towns in South Dakota, USA
- en:County seats of South Dakota, USA
- en:Places in South Dakota, USA
- German terms borrowed from Latin
- German learned borrowings from Latin
- German terms derived from Latin
- German terms derived from French
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- German doublets
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