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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison [syn: wisent, aurochs, Bison bonasus]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: German, from Old High German wisant — more at bison Date: 1866 a European bison (Bison bonasus) sometimes considered conspecific with the North American buffalo (B. bison) — called also aurochs

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the European bison, Bison bonasus. Etymology: G: cf. BISON