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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
aurochs
 
SYLLABICATION:au·rochs
PRONUNCIATION:  ourks, ôrks
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. aurochs
1. See urus. 2. See wisent.
ETYMOLOGY:Obsolete German, variant of German Auerochs, from Middle High German rohse, from Old High German rohso : ro, aurochs + ohso, ox; see uks-en- in Appendix I.
 
 
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