aurochs

«aurochs» in Mova's school dictionary: A huge wild ox with long horns that lived in Europe, Asia… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (aurochs, plural aurochs or aurochsen)

meaning for a pupil

A huge wild ox with long horns that lived in Europe, Asia and North Africa and became extinct in 1627; it is the ancestor of today's cattle. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and science lessons, aurochs were painted in cave paintings like those at Lascaux, and they show how animals can go extinct because of hunting and loss of land. Farm cows are their tamed descendants.

examples

• The last aurochs died in Poland in 1627. tree →
• Cave paintings show aurochs with long horns. tree →
• Aurochs were much bigger than cows today. tree →
• Our farm cattle came from the aurochs. tree →
• Julius Caesar wrote about the wild aurochs. tree →
• Scientists are breeding cattle to look like aurochs. tree →

note

The word ends in -s but can be singular: «an aurochs». Plural is the same, «aurochs». Say «OR-ocks».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «aurochs» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.