noun
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
• Syn: ↑American bison, ↑buffalo, ↑Bison bison
• Hypernyms: ↑bison
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Bison
• Part Meronyms: ↑buffalo
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nounsee american bison
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bison (def. 1).
[1885-90, Amer.]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.