BISON
What does "BISON" mean?
A large, shaggy-maned wild ox of North America and Europe, with a humped back and short curved horns.
Meanings
- A massive hoofed mammal of the genus Bison, with a high shoulder hump, woolly forequarters, and curved horns. A herd of bison drifted across the prairie like brown thunderclouds.
Did you know?
- North American bison crashed from tens of millions to only a few hundred wild animals by about 1900 - one of the steepest near-extinctions ever reversed.
- In 2016 the United States made the bison its national mammal, the first animal to share that official status with the bald eagle.
Word origin
From Latin 'bison', borrowed from a Germanic word ('wisand', 'wisent') for the wild ox; the same Germanic root survives as 'wisent', the European bison.
Remember it
BISON hides 'IS ON': the bison IS ON the prairie, head down, all shoulders.
A little poem
A brown hill that breathes-
it lifts its horns to the wind
and the wind backs down.
haiku
Wordplay
- What do you call a bison you can't find anymore? Buff-a-gone.
What it teaches
What looks unstoppable can vanish in a generation - and be carried back from the brink by a few who refuse to quit.
Quick facts
What does BISON mean?
A large, shaggy-maned wild ox of North America and Europe, with a humped back and short curved horns.
Is BISON a valid word?
Yes — BISON is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BISON?
BISON has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does BISON come from?
From Latin 'bison', borrowed from a Germanic word ('wisand', 'wisent') for the wild ox; the same Germanic root survives as 'wisent', the European bison.
What can BISON teach us?
What looks unstoppable can vanish in a generation - and be carried back from the brink by a few who refuse to quit.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.