Synonyms for bison
ˈbaɪ sən, -zənbi·son

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1. bisonnoun

   Synonyms:
   Bison bonasus, wisent

2. bisonnoun

   A wild ox, Bison bonasus.

   Synonyms:
   Bison bonasus, wisent

3. bisonnoun

   A similar American animal, Bison bison else Bos americanus or Bisonte americano; also called a buffalo.

   Synonyms:
   Bison bonasus, wisent

Princeton's WordNet

1. bisonnoun

   any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns

Matched Categories

1. • Bovid

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1. bisonnoun

   Synonyms:
   [U. S.] buffalo

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1. List of paraphrases for "bison":

   buffalo, buffaloes

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How to use bison in a sentence?

1. Tori Herridge:

   The authors present several dates for mammoth, woolly rhino, horse and steppe bison that are also substantially younger than the fossil record indicates, which builds a stronger case for late survival across the Arctic than has been made previously.

2. Easton Stick:

   Fargo, North Dakota, means a ton to us. It was a lot of fun to be out there with Trey and get a chance to represent the Bison a little bit.

3. Stan Smith:

   These will be the first bison rangers in the UK probably ever, we’ve never had European Bison here in the past.

4. Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming:

   Bison can sprint three times faster than humans can run and are unpredictable and dangerous.

5. Mike Everhart:

   The bear skull was washed out of the same river sediments that routinely produce the skulls and bones of the American bison, some of which could date back as far as the last Ice Age, whether it is hundreds or thousands of years old, the skull gives us a better insight into the richness of life on the plains before Western man.