transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbī-s ə n, -z ə n ]
noun
( plural bison )
Etymology: Latin bisont-, bison, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wisant aurochs; akin to Old Prussian wis sambrs aurochs
Date: circa 1611
: any of several large shaggy-maned usually gregarious recent or extinct bovine mammals (genus Bison ) having a large head with short horns and heavy forequarters surmounted by a large fleshy hump: as
a. : wisent
b. : buffalo 1c(1)
• bi·son·tine -s ə n-ˌtīn, -z ə n- adjective