BISON BISON
Dictionary entry overview: What does Bison bison mean? • BISON BISON (noun)
The noun BISON BISON has 1 sense:
1. large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
Familiarity information: BISON BISON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BISON 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 ("Bison bison" is a kind of...):
bison (any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns)
Meronyms (parts of "Bison bison"):
buffalo (meat from an American bison)
Holonyms ("Bison bison" is a member of...):
genus Bison (sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo)
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