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Bos primigenius

NOUN
  1. large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle

How To Use Bos primigenius In A Sentence

  • The aurochs Bos primigenius, the wild ancestor of modern cattle, is now extinct, but the American bison also called the plains buffalo, which belongs to the same Bovidae family, displays enormous sexual dimorphism. The Goddess and the Bull
  • It is now accepted that all humpless domestic cattle are of a single species, Bos taurus, and that they all descend ultimately from the aurochs, Bos primigenius.
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