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WISENT

Dictionary entry overview: What does wisent mean?

• WISENT (noun)
The noun WISENT has 1 sense:

1. European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison

Familiarity information: WISENT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WISENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

aurochs; Bison bonasus; wisent

Hypernyms ("wisent" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("wisent" is a member of...):

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

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