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Definition of Bisontine
1. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of bison.
Definition of Bisontine
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a bison ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bisontine
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bisontine
Literary usage of Bisontine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"... very near to where the bisontine forms branch off; in fact, ... a good deal
of kinship in origin between the Taurine and bisontine races, ..."
2. Prodromus Faunæ Zeylanicæ: Being Contributions to the Zoology of Ceylon by Edward Frederic Kelaart, George Gardner, Walter Elliot, Edward Blyth, Edgar Leopold Layard (1852)
"... name generally applied to it by English sportsmen, it exhibits marked structural
differences excluding it from the bisontine group as defined by Cuvier. ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"THE bisontine GROUP. If the elevated ridge of the spine on the shoulders, long
legs, a woolly fur, and the residence in mountain forests, approach the ..."
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