"American bison" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈmɛɹɪkən ˈbaɪ̯sən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-American bison.wav Forms: American bison [plural], American bisons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|American bison|s}} American bison (plural American bison or American bisons)
  1. A bovine mammal, a species of bison, Bison bison. Wikipedia link: en:American bison Categories (lifeform): Bovines Synonyms: American buffalo, North American buffalo, North American bison, buffalo [informal], bison [informal] Hypernyms: bison, bovine, bovid Hyponyms: plains bison, wood bison Related terms: European bison Translations (mammal): bizoni amerikan (Albanian), bisonte americanu (Asturian), bisonte amerikar (Basque), бізон амерыканскі (bizón amjerykanski) (Belarusian), bizon amerika (Breton), бизо́н (bizón) (Bulgarian), bisó americà [masculine] (Catalan), 美洲野牛 (Měizhōu yěniú) (Chinese Mandarin), bizon (Czech), amerikansk bison (Danish), bizon [masculine] (Dutch), bizono (Esperanto), amerika bizono (Esperanto), ameerika piison (Estonian), amerikanskur bisonur (Faroese), biisoni (Finnish), bison d’Amérique [masculine] (French), bisont american (Friulian), bisonte americano (Galician), Nordamerikanischer Bison [masculine] (German), βόνασος (vónasos) (Greek), amerikai bölény (Hungarian), vísundur (Icelandic), bíosún meiriceánach [masculine] (Irish), bisonte americano (Italian), bisont american (Ladin), bos bison (Latin), bizons (Latvian), bizonas (Lithuanian), bizon (Lower Sorbian), американски бизон (amerikanski bizon) (Macedonian), buflu ta’ l-amerika (Maltese), ayání (Navajo), amerikansk bison (Norwegian), bisont d'america (Occitan), bizon (Polish), bisão-americano [masculine] (Portuguese), bisonte-americano [masculine] (Portuguese), bufalo [masculine] (Romani), bizon (Romanian), bison american (Romansch), бизо́н (bizón) [masculine] (Russian), boiamericanu (Sardinian), boe americanu (Sardinian), bìoson Ameireaganach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), амерички бизон [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), američki bizon [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), bizón (Slovak), bizon (Slovene), bisonte americano [masculine] (Spanish), amerikansk bison (Swedish), bison (Swedish), bisonoxe [common-gender] (Swedish), bizon (Turkish), бізон (bizon) (Ukrainian), bizon (Upper Sorbian), bual Americanaidd [masculine] (Welsh), bizon (West Frisian)
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
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          "word": "bizoni amerikan"
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          "sense": "mammal",
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          "roman": "Měizhōu yěniú",
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          "sense": "mammal",
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "mammal",
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          "sense": "mammal",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "mammal",
          "word": "ameerika piison"
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          "lang": "Faroese",
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          "word": "amerikanskur bisonur"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "mammal",
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          "sense": "mammal",
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          "word": "bison d’Amérique"
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          "sense": "mammal",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "vónasos",
          "sense": "mammal",
          "word": "βόνασος"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "mammal",
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          "sense": "mammal",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "mammal",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bisonoxe"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "mammal",
          "word": "bizon"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "bizon",
          "sense": "mammal",
          "word": "бізон"
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          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "mammal",
          "word": "bizon"
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "mammal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bual Americanaidd"
        },
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          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "mammal",
          "word": "bizon"
        }
      ],
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        "en:American bison"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/əˈmɛɹɪkən ˈbaɪ̯sən/"
    },
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}
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      "form": "American bison",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
      ]
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    }
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    {
      "word": "bison"
    },
    {
      "word": "bovine"
    },
    {
      "word": "bovid"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "plains bison"
    },
    {
      "word": "wood bison"
    }
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      "word": "European bison"
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        "English terms with quotations",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
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        "Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Terms with Albanian translations",
        "Terms with Asturian translations",
        "Terms with Basque translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Breton translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Friulian translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Ladin translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Lower Sorbian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Maltese translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Navajo translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Occitan translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romani translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Romansch translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Sardinian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Upper Sorbian translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "Terms with West Frisian translations",
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          "ref": "1889, William T. Hornaday, The Extermination of the American Bison:",
          "text": "In the year 1521, when Cortez reached Anahuac, the American bison was seen for the first time by civilized Europeans, if we may be permitted to thus characterize the horde of blood thirsty plunder seekers who fought their way to the Aztec capital.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A bovine mammal, a species of bison, Bison bison."
      ],
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          "bovine",
          "bovine"
        ],
        [
          "mammal",
          "mammal"
        ],
        [
          "bison",
          "bison"
        ],
        [
          "Bison bison",
          "Bison bison#Translingual"
        ]
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        "en:American bison"
      ]
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    {
      "word": "American buffalo"
    },
    {
      "word": "North American buffalo"
    },
    {
      "word": "North American bison"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "buffalo"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "bison"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bizoni amerikan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bisonte americanu"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bisonte amerikar"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bizón amjerykanski",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "бізон амерыканскі"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bizon amerika"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bizón",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "бизо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bisó americà"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Měizhōu yěniú",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "美洲野牛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bizon"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "amerikansk bison"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bizon"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bizono"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "amerika bizono"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "ameerika piison"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "amerikanskur bisonur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "biisoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bison d’Amérique"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bisont american"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bisonte americano"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nordamerikanischer Bison"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vónasos",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "βόνασος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "amerikai bölény"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "vísundur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bíosún meiriceánach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bisonte americano"
    },
    {
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bisont american"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bos bison"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bizons"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bizonas"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bizon"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "amerikanski bizon",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "американски бизон"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "buflu ta’ l-amerika"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "ayání"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "amerikansk bison"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bisont d'america"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bizon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bisão-americano"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bisonte-americano"
    },
    {
      "code": "rom",
      "lang": "Romani",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bufalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bizon"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bison american"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bizón",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бизо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "boiamericanu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "boe americanu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bìoson Ameireaganach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "амерички бизон"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "američki bizon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bizón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bizon"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bisonte americano"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "amerikansk bison"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bison"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bisonoxe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bizon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bizon",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "бізон"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bizon"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bual Americanaidd"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "mammal",
      "word": "bizon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "American bison"
}

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