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urus (yo̵or′əs)

noun

an extinct, shaggy, long-horned wild ox (Bos primigenius), formerly common in Europe and thought to be an ancestor of modern domestic cattle

Etymology: L < PGmc ūr- (> OHG uro, OE ur, aurochs

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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