aurochs
noun/ˈɔːrɒks/, /ˈaʊrɒks/
/ˈɔːrɑːks/, /ˈaʊrɑːks/
(plural aurochs)
- a large wild ox that existed in the pastWord Originlate 18th cent.: from German, early variant of Auerochs, from Old High German ūrohso, from ūr (form also found in Old English, of unknown origin) + ohso ‘ox’.
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