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    BISON BISON

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plainsplay

    Synonyms:

    American bison; American buffalo; Bison bison; buffalo

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Bison bison" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (parts of "Bison bison"):

    buffalo (meat from an American bison)

    Holonyms ("Bison bison" is a member of...):

    genus Bison (sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo)

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