plural bison
: any of several large living or extinct bovine mammals (genus Bison) that have a long, broad head, short, hollow horns, heavy forequarters, a large muscular hump across the shoulders, and a shaggy mane on the head and lower neck and that typically live and migrate in herds: such as
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Also in 2024, an Idaho man allegedly kicked a bison and was attacked by the animal.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 8 May 2025
And Europe would have been filled with ice age beasts that included woolly rhinoceros, as well as bison, Irish elk, and woolly mammoths.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
The total number of bison in a herd can range from about 20 during the winter to an average of about 200 in the summer, the NPS says.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
Fantastic creatures Cave paintings have helped researchers trace the mysterious origins of the European bison, which markedly changed in appearance between 22,000 and 17,000 years ago.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 8 May 2025
And Europe would have been filled with ice age beasts that included woolly rhinoceros, as well as bison, Irish elk, and woolly mammoths.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
The total number of bison in a herd can range from about 20 during the winter to an average of about 200 in the summer, the NPS says.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
Fantastic creatures Cave paintings have helped researchers trace the mysterious origins of the European bison, which markedly changed in appearance between 22,000 and 17,000 years ago.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bison
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“Bison.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bison. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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plural bison
: any of several large shaggy-maned mammals related to the ox with a large head, short horns, and a large fleshy hump above the shoulders
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: buffalo sense c
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