释义 |
‖ urochs|ˈʊər-, ˈjʊərɒks| [G., var. of auerochs aurochs. Cf. ure-ox.] (See quots.)
1839Penny Cycl. XIV. 54/2 An animal peculiar to Lithuania is the urochs, or bison. 1864J. Hunt tr. Vogt's Lect. Man xii. 335 The bones found belonged to..the now extinct ‘urochs’ (Bos primigenius);..the Lithuanian Bison, or Auerochs (Bos urus, or Bison Europæus)..is a distinct species. 1881Nature XXIII. 296 Post-tertiary animals (such as mammoth, rhinoceros, urochs). |