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Noun: aurochs (aurochs)  'o,róks
  1. Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle
    "Cave paintings often depicted the powerful aurochs";
    - urus, Bos primigenius

Derived forms: aurochs

Type of: ox, wild ox

Part of: Bos, genus Bos

Encyclopedia: Aurochs