wisent

[ vee-zuhnt ]

/ ˈvi zənt /

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noun

bison (def. 2).

Origin of wisent

1865–70; <German; Old High German wisunt; compare Old English wesend, weosend,Old Norse vīsundr, OPruss wissambrs,Greek bísōnbison

Words nearby wisent

wise guy, wisely, Wiseman, Wise Men, wisenheimer, wisent, wise up, wise up to, wish, wishbone, wishbone boom

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Example sentences from the Web for wisent

Modern naturalists identify the elk with the eland, the wisent with the auerochs.
Man and Nature|George P. Marsh
Grazing in the meadows were the aurochs, or wild ox, and the wisent, or bison.
Men of the Old Stone Age|Henry Fairfield Osborn
The urus survived in Germany as late as the seventeenth century, while a few of the bison or 'wisent' survive to the present time.
Men of the Old Stone Age|Henry Fairfield Osborn
It is uncertain whether the Wisent does not also occur in Siberia.
Men of the Old Stone Age|Henry Fairfield Osborn

British Dictionary definitions for wisent

wisent

/ (ˈwiːzənt) /

noun

the European bisonSee bison (def. 2)

Word Origin for wisent

German, from Old High German wisunt bison

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单词	wisent
释义	wisent [ vee-zuhnt ] / ˈvi zənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wisent ON THESAURUS.COM noun bison (def. 2). Origin of wisent 1865–70; <German; Old High German wisunt; compare Old English wesend, weosend,Old Norse vīsundr, OPruss wissambrs,Greek bísōnbison Words nearby wisent wise guy, wisely, Wiseman, Wise Men, wisenheimer, wisent, wise up, wise up to, wish, wishbone, wishbone boom Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wisent Modern naturalists identify the elk with the eland, the wisent with the auerochs. Man and Nature\|George P. Marsh Grazing in the meadows were the aurochs, or wild ox, and the wisent, or bison. Men of the Old Stone Age\|Henry Fairfield Osborn The urus survived in Germany as late as the seventeenth century, while a few of the bison or 'wisent' survive to the present time. Men of the Old Stone Age\|Henry Fairfield Osborn It is uncertain whether the Wisent does not also occur in Siberia. Men of the Old Stone Age\|Henry Fairfield Osborn British Dictionary definitions for wisent wisent / (ˈwiːzənt) / noun the European bisonSee bison (def. 2) Word Origin for wisent German, from Old High German wisunt bison Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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