'Bison' definitions:
Definition of 'bison'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns
Definition of 'Bison'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'bison'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aurochs,
- beef,
- beef cattle,
- beeves,
- bossy,
- bovine,
- bovine animal,
- Brahman,
- buffalo,
- bull,
- bullock,
- calf,
- carabao,
- cattle,
- cow,
- critter,
- dairy cattle,
- dairy cow,
- dogie,
- heifer,
- hornless cow,
- Indian buffalo,
- 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
Bison, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.
Bison, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.