American bison

• IPA^(key): /əˈmɛɹɪkən ˈbaɪ̯sən/

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American bison (plural American bison or American bisons)

1. A bovine mammal, a species of bison, Bison bison.
   • 1889, William T. Hornaday, The Extermination of the American Bison‎:

     In the year 1521, when Cortez reached Anahuac, the American bison was seen for the first time by civilized Europeans, if we may be permitted to thus characterize the horde of blood thirsty plunder seekers who fought their way to the Aztec capital.

• American buffalo
• North American buffalo
• North American bison
• buffalo (informal)
• bison (informal)

• bison
• bovine
• bovid

• plains bison
• wood bison

• European bison