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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bison /ˈbʌɪs(ə)n/

▶noun (pl. same) a humpbacked shaggy-haired wild ox. [Bison bison (the N. American buffalo) and B. bonasus (Europe, now only Poland).]

– origin ME: from L., ult. of Gmc origin.

'bison' also found in these Oxford entries:

buffalo - wisent

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The first bison were very big animals with horns nearly two metres across.

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