bison
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
bison
n 1: any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and
large heads and short horns
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bison \Bi"son\ (b[imac]"s[o^]n; 277), n. [L. bison, Gr. bi`swn,
a wild ox; akin to OHG. wisunt, wisant, G. wisent, AS.
wesend, Icel. v[imac]sundr: cf. F. bison.] (Zool.)
(a) The aurochs or European bison.
(b) The American bison buffalo ({Bison Americanus}), a large,
gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short
black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of
the temperate portion of North America, but by 1900 was
restricted to very limited districts in the region of the
Rocky Mountains, and was almost hunted to extinction.
Note: Efforts at conservation of the American bison resulted
in setting aside several reserves, and by 1990 a few
stable herds were established, numbering from hundreds
to thousands, roaming certain public areas, such as
Yellowstone Park, some reserves in Canada, and some
private reserves. Some bison are kept as range animals
for food, and the American bison has been bred with
domestic cattle to form a cross called the {beefalo}.
The American bison is commonly (though improperly)
called a buffalo; an image of the bison appeared on the
inverse of the U. S. five-cent coin (nickel) from 1913
to 1937, and that coin was referred to as the {buffalo
nickel}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Bison, KS (city, FIPS 6950)
Location: 38.51980 N, 99.19716 W
Population (1990): 252 (122 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67520
Bison, OK
Zip code(s): 73720
Bison, SD (town, FIPS 5620)
Location: 45.52173 N, 102.46687 W
Population (1990): 451 (237 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57620
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Bison, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 235
Housing Units (2000): 120
Land area (2000): 0.258080 sq. miles (0.668425 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.258080 sq. miles (0.668425 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06950
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 38.520718 N, 99.197528 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67520
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bison, KS
Bison
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Bison, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
Population (2000): 373
Housing Units (2000): 227
Land area (2000): 1.001223 sq. miles (2.593156 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.001223 sq. miles (2.593156 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05620
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 45.523911 N, 102.464634 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57620
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bison, SD
Bison
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "bison":
Brahman, Indian buffalo, aurochs, beef, beef cattle, beeves, bossy,
bovine, bovine animal, buffalo, bull, bullock, calf, carabao,
cattle, cow, critter, dairy cattle, dairy cow, dogie, heifer,
hornless cow, kine, leppy, maverick, milch cow, milcher, milk cow,
milker, muley cow, muley head, musk-ox, neat, ox, oxen, steer,
stirk, stot, wisent, yak, yearling, zebu
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