Definition of bison
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While wolves, bison and elk died out or were hunted to extirpation in the state in the 1800s and early 1900s, deer remained.
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Coaches Corner has a similar selection and Bookies even serves a bison burger.
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The zoo has been around since the late 1800s and today -- besides the famous capybaras -- is home to bison, llamas, peacocks, reindeer, highland cattle, wallabies, emus and sheep.
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Starting in Hettinger, North Dakota, the route runs — at times across gravel or pasture roads — into South Dakota before returning north with an opportunity to see the Standing Rock Sioux's tribal bison herds.
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In this May 24, 2017 photo, a bison munches grass in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota.
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Patrick, a fitness freak, ate a race day breakfast that included butternut squash, ground bison and half an avocado.
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Excavations for train projects have turned up bison and camel bones as well as mastodon teeth and tusk fragments.
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Charcoal's, which opened in 2013, makes gourmet burgers with meats lie beef, bison, elk and antelope.
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Origin and Etymology of bison
Latin bisont-, bison, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wisant aurochs; akin to Old Prussian wissambrs aurochs
BISON Defined for English Language Learners
bison
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: a large, hairy wild animal that has a big head and short horns
BISON Defined for Kids
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bison
: a large animal with short horns and a shaggy mane that is related to the cows and oxen
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