AMERICAN BISON

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does American bison mean? 

• AMERICAN BISON (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN BISON has 1 sense:

1. large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN BISON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN BISON (noun)

Meaning:

Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American bison; American buffalo; Bison bison; buffalo

Hypernyms ("American bison" is a kind of...):

bison (any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns)

Meronyms (parts of "American bison"):

buffalo (meat from an American bison)

Holonyms ("American bison" is a member of...):

genus Bison (sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo)