Urus

n.

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(Zool.) A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus or Bos primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Cæsar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur.

Noun

1.

urus - large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle Synonyms: Bos primigenius, aurochs

aurochs, Bos, Bos primigenius, genus Bos, ox, wild ox