bisonn.

/ˈbʌɪsən/

/ˈbɪsən/

/ˈbɪzən/

Forms: Plural Middle English–1500s in Latin form, bisontes, bisountes; singular 1600s– bison.

Etymology: Adopted, directly or through French bison, (Cotgrave 1611) from Latin bison (plural bisontes), < Germanic *wisand, wisund strong masculine, in Old High German wisunt, -ant, -int, Middle High German wisant, -ent, -en, Middle German wesant, Old English wesend, Old Norse visundr, plural visundar (with i afterwards lengthened). The Old English wesend having been long obsolete, the word has come back to us through Latin, in which guise it can hardly be looked upon as English before the 17th cent., and has become familiar only in connection with the American Bison. It is in Minsheu, Coles, Phillips 1678–1706, and Kersey; but not in Cockeram, Blount, Bailey 1721–90, Johnson, nor Richardson 1836–55: it was added by Todd to Johnson, 1818. Etymologically /ˈbɪsən/ is the most correct, but /ˈbaɪsən/ is the prevailing pronunciation.

The name of two species of Wild Oxen, which some naturalists separate from the genus Bos, and make a distinct genus Bison or Bonasus.

1. originally. A species of Wild Ox ( Bos Bison Gesner, B. bonasus Linn.), formerly prevalent in Europe, including Great Britain, and still existing in a protected state in forests of Lithuania. (This was the βίσων of Pausanias and Oppian, the βόνασος of Aristotle and Ælian, the bĭson and bonāsus of Pliny and Solinus, the bison of Seneca and Martial; plural bisontes, in later writers visontes, vesontes, bissontes. It is now sometimes called the Aurochs, a name belonging rightly to the extinct Bos Urus, the Urus of Cæsar. See the exhaustive article Wisunt, in Schade, Altdeutsches Wbch.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > genus Bison > bison bonasus (European bison)

bisona1398

bonasus1572

zubr1763

aurochs1768

urochs1839

wisent1866

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. xxx. 742 Þere ben eendeles many bestes of diuers kynde, as beers, hertes,..bubali, and byfontes [read bysontes].

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. lxxxiii. 776 Þere [sc. in Carinthia] ben many beeres, bysountes, and oþer wondirful beestes and wylde.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxviii. x. 323 Those neat or buffles called uri or bisontes.

1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xiv. 5 The pygarg [margin. bison], and the wild ox, and the chamois.

1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas (at cited word) Bíson, a wilde oxe, great eied, broad~faced, that will neuer be tamed.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 23 Hereto may be referred the Bison: and Ureoxe.

1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 203 In the forests of Lithuania there yet linger a few herds of another enormous ox, which at one time roamed over the whole of Europe, including even the British Isles—the European bison.

2. The North American species B. Americanus, popularly called ‘Buffalo,’ which formerly roamed in vast herds over the interior of the continent, chiefly in the neighbourhood of the Rocky Mountains.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > genus Bison > Bison bison (bison)

buffalo1635

buffa1710

bison1774

boss1800

1693 J. Ray Synopsis Animalium Quadrupedum 71 Bison..hujusmodi bovem aliquando vidimus in vivario regio Westmonasteriensi unde allatum nescio; ni forte ex Florida regione Americana.]

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 15 The urus and the bison have been considered..distinct in their production.

1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) II. 107 The bison of America.

1810 T. Campbell Poems II. 16 We launch'd our quivers for the bison chace.

1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians I. iv. 24 The buffalo (or more correctly speaking bison) is a noble animal, that roams over the vast prairies.

1877 J. A. Allen Amer. Bisons 449 The height of the American bison..is found to be sixty-six inches.

Draft additions October 2011

Any of various other humped oxen; esp. †(a) the zebu, Bos indicus (obsolete); (b) the gaur, Bos gaurus (more fully Indian bison).

ΚΠ

1775 S. Ward Mod. Syst. Nat. Hist. I. 104 The bison is found in all the southern parts of the world; throughout the vast continent of India; and throughout Africa, from mount Atlas to the Cape of Good Hope.

1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IV. 399 The next in order of this group may be placed a species of Bison..indeed the Gaur may be no other than the true Bison, though from certain testimonies we are inclined to regard it as an intermediate species.

1878 G. P. Sanderson 13 Years among Wild Beasts India xix. 254 I have a..pony which has saved me many miles of walking after bison before I had elephants.

1935 Geogr. Jrnl. 85 381 Tiger, the Indian Bison or Gaur, and Wild Cattle or Bantin were the destined quarry.

2000 T. Hall To Elephant Graveyard (2001) vii. 160 The driver..sped through lush grassland where an Indian bison stood grazing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bison
释义	bisonn. /ˈbʌɪsən//ˈbɪsən//ˈbɪzən/ Forms: Plural Middle English–1500s in Latin form, bisontes, bisountes; singular 1600s– bison. Etymology: Adopted, directly or through French bison, (Cotgrave 1611) from Latin bison (plural bisontes), < Germanic wisand, wisund* strong masculine, in Old High German wisunt, -ant, -int, Middle High German wisant, -ent, -en, Middle German wesant, Old English wesend, Old Norse visundr, plural visundar (with i afterwards lengthened). The Old English wesend having been long obsolete, the word has come back to us through Latin, in which guise it can hardly be looked upon as English before the 17th cent., and has become familiar only in connection with the American Bison. It is in Minsheu, Coles, Phillips 1678–1706, and Kersey; but not in Cockeram, Blount, Bailey 1721–90, Johnson, nor Richardson 1836–55: it was added by Todd to Johnson, 1818. Etymologically /ˈbɪsən/ is the most correct, but /ˈbaɪsən/ is the prevailing pronunciation. The name of two species of Wild Oxen, which some naturalists separate from the genus Bos, and make a distinct genus Bison or Bonasus. 1. originally. A species of Wild Ox ( Bos Bison Gesner, B. bonasus Linn.), formerly prevalent in Europe, including Great Britain, and still existing in a protected state in forests of Lithuania. (This was the βίσων of Pausanias and Oppian, the βόνασος of Aristotle and Ælian, the bĭson and bonāsus of Pliny and Solinus, the bison of Seneca and Martial; plural bisontes, in later writers visontes, vesontes, bissontes. It is now sometimes called the Aurochs, a name belonging rightly to the extinct Bos Urus, the Urus of Cæsar. See the exhaustive article Wisunt, in Schade, Altdeutsches Wbch.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > genus Bison > bison bonasus (European bison) bisona1398 bonasus1572 zubr1763 aurochs1768 urochs1839 wisent1866 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. xxx. 742 Þere ben eendeles many bestes of diuers kynde, as beers, hertes,..bubali, and byfontes [read bysontes]. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. lxxxiii. 776 Þere [sc. in Carinthia] ben many beeres, bysountes, and oþer wondirful beestes and wylde. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxviii. x. 323 Those neat or buffles called uri or bisontes. 1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xiv. 5 The pygarg [margin. bison], and the wild ox, and the chamois. View more context for this quotation 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas (at cited word) Bíson, a wilde oxe, great eied, broad~faced, that will neuer be tamed. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 23 Hereto may be referred the Bison: and Ureoxe. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 203 In the forests of Lithuania there yet linger a few herds of another enormous ox, which at one time roamed over the whole of Europe, including even the British Isles—the European bison. 2. The North American species B. Americanus, popularly called ‘Buffalo,’ which formerly roamed in vast herds over the interior of the continent, chiefly in the neighbourhood of the Rocky Mountains. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > genus Bison > Bison bison (bison) buffalo1635 buffa1710 bison1774 boss1800 1693 J. Ray Synopsis Animalium Quadrupedum 71 Bison..hujusmodi bovem aliquando vidimus in vivario regio Westmonasteriensi unde allatum nescio; ni forte ex Florida regione Americana.] 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 15 The urus and the bison have been considered..distinct in their production. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) II. 107 The bison of America. 1810 T. Campbell Poems II. 16 We launch'd our quivers for the bison chace. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians I. iv. 24 The buffalo (or more correctly speaking bison) is a noble animal, that roams over the vast prairies. 1877 J. A. Allen Amer. Bisons 449 The height of the American bison..is found to be sixty-six inches. Draft additions October 2011 Any of various other humped oxen; esp. †(a) the zebu, Bos indicus (obsolete); (b) the gaur, Bos gaurus (more fully Indian bison). ΚΠ 1775 S. Ward Mod. Syst. Nat. Hist. I. 104 The bison is found in all the southern parts of the world; throughout the vast continent of India; and throughout Africa, from mount Atlas to the Cape of Good Hope. 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IV. 399 The next in order of this group may be placed a species of Bison..indeed the Gaur may be no other than the true Bison, though from certain testimonies we are inclined to regard it as an intermediate species. 1878 G. P. Sanderson 13 Years among Wild Beasts India xix. 254 I have a..pony which has saved me many miles of walking after bison before I had elephants. 1935 Geogr. Jrnl. 85 381 Tiger, the Indian Bison or Gaur, and Wild Cattle or Bantin were the destined quarry. 2000 T. Hall To Elephant Graveyard (2001) vii. 160 The driver..sped through lush grassland where an Indian bison stood grazing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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