zubr

350 pxA zubr at Avesta visentpark in Sweden.

Meaning

One of several species of European bison or aurochs, which were unclearly delineated in the 1800s when this sense was in use.
The wisent, the European bison (Bison bonasus).

From Polish żubr, from Proto-Slavic *zǫbrъ, *izǫbrъ, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰ- ("tooth, horn, peg").

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