urus — 영어 사전

명사

1. The aurochs.

   관련 단어

   aurochsure

   예문

   더 많은 예문 (1)

   Howbeit, that country bringeth forth certain kinds of goodly great wild bœufes: to wit, the Biſontes, mained with a collar, like Lions: and the Vri, a mightie ſtrong beaſt, and a ſwift: which the ignorant people call Buffles, whereas indeed the Buffle is bred in Affrica, and carieth ſome reſemblance of a calfe rather, or a ſtag.

   He also brought forth two large drinking cups, made out of the horn of the urus, and hooped with silver.

   더 많은 예문 (1)

   Eduard Hahn has postulated that the motive for capturing and maintaining the urus in the captive state was to have available a supply, for sacrificial purposes, of the animal sacred to the lunar mother goddess worshipped over an immense area of the ancient world.

명사

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

   동의어

   aurochsBos primigenius

   상위어

   oxwild ox