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Webster 1913 Edition

Aurochs

Au′rochs

(a̤′rŏks)
,
Noun.
[G.
auerochs
, OHG.
ūrohso
;
ūr
(cf. AS.
ūr
) +
ohso
ox, G.
ochs
. Cf.
Owre
,
Ox
.]
(Zool.)
The European bison (
Bison bonasus
, or
Bison Europæus
), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of Cæsar, with which it has often been confused.

Webster 1828 Edition

Aurochs

AU'ROCHS

,
Noun.
A species of ox, whose bones are found in gravel and alluvial soil.

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