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bison

/ˈbaɪ̯sən/

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What does bison mean?

noun

  1. A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

proper noun

  1. A city and town in Kansas.
  2. A town, the county seat of Perkins County, South Dakota.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈbaɪ̯sən/

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So butchers rake the tongues of bison out of the prairie grass, regardless of the torn and drooping plant.
Henry David ThoreauWalden, and On The Duty Of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #205
His pony stumbled and threw him, after they had wounded the bison, and the latter attacked the dismounted man viciously.
Charles A. EastmanIndian Heroes and Great ChieftainsProject Gutenberg ebook #336
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There in the dust were the unmistakable hoof-marks of a small band of bison, apparently but a few hours old.
Theodore RooseveltHunting the Grisly and Other Sketches An Account of the Big Game of the United States and its Chase with Horse, Hound, and RifleProject Gutenberg ebook #3337
Horns of enormous size, said to have belonged to this humped ox or bison, were for many ages preserved in the church.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
The bison, indeed, could not convert the forest into a pasture, but he would do much to prevent the pasture from becoming a forest.
George P. (George Perkins) MarshThe Earth as Modified by Human ActionProject Gutenberg ebook #6019