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Definition 2024
Wisent
wisent
wisent
See also: Wisent
English
Noun
wisent (plural wisents)
- The European bison, Bison bonasus.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- (a member of the Genus Bison): bison
- (a cloven-hoofed ruminant mammal of the subfamily Bovinae, cattle): bovine
- (a hoofed mammal chewing cud): ruminant
Hyponyms
- (only surviving purebred subspecies, Bison bonasus bonasus): lowland wisent
- (subspecies only surviving as a hybrid, Bison bonasus caucasicus): Caucasian wisent
- (extinct subspecies, Bison bonasus hungarorum): Carpathian wisent
Translations
The European bison, Bison bonasus
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