Definition of Bonassus

1. bonasus [n -ES] - See also: bonasus

Medical Definition of Bonassus

1. The aurochs or European bison. See Aurochs. Origin: L. Bonasus, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bonassus

bona robas
bona vacantia
bonaccordite
bonaci
bonacis
bonacon
bonacons
bonafide
bonamani
bonamano
bonamia
bonamias
bonanza
bonanzas
bonasus
bonasuses
bonattite
bonavist
bonbon
bonbons
bonce
boncer
bonces
boncilate
bond
bond-trading activity
bond angle
bond certificate

Literary usage of Bonassus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1827)
"The bonassus ! What mean ye, Shepherd ? SHEPHERD. I bocht the bonassus frae the man that had him in a show ; and Bronte and him wad be for ..."

2. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"THE bonassus [Bison Americanus]. It has four nipples like a cow. The inside of the lips has the same ..."

3. Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia: (Pecora, Linnæus) in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1872)
"Bison bonassus. (The Bison.) BM- Tarsi elongate ; fore and hind quarters subequal. Bison americanus, Gray, Cat. ..."

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