bison

bison
bison c.1600, from Fr. bison (15c.), from L. bison "wild ox," borrowed from P.Gmc. *wisand- "aurochs" (Cf. O.N. visundr, O.H.G. wisunt "bison," O.E./M.E. wesend, which is not attested after c.1400). Possibly ultimately of Baltic or Slavic origin, and meaning "the stinking animal," in reference to its scent while rutting (see WEASEL (Cf. weasel)). A European wild ox formerly widespread on the continent, including the British Isles, now surviving on forest reserves in Lithuania. Applied 1690s to the N.Amer. species commonly mis-called a BUFFALO (Cf. buffalo).

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