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Urus  n.  (Zool.) A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus or Bos primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Caesar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur.






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"Urus" Quotes from Famous Books



... "'No! Urus—yaman, yaman!' [151] he roared, and rushed headlong away like a wild panther. In two bounds he was in the courtyard; at the gate of the fortress the sentry barred the way with his gun; Kazbich jumped ...
— A Hero of Our Time • M. Y. Lermontov



Words linked to "Urus" :   genus Bos, Bos, wild ox, aurochs, ox



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