Bison

From Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).

Bison m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – bisons.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Bovidae - family; Bovinae - subfamily

• (genus): Bison bison, Bison bonasus - species

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Bison

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

• Ibson, binos, bions

Learned borrowing from Latin bisōn, bisōnt-, at first also in forms with -t such as Bisont. Perhaps reinforced by French bison of the same source. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz and thus a doublet of Wisent.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːzɔn/

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Bison m or (less common) n (strong, genitive Bisons, plural Bisons or (rare) Bisone)

1. bison (Bison bison) [from 16th c.]

• The normal plural is Bisons. The form Bisone is rare.

• “Bison” in Duden online
• “Bison” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache