bison

«bison» in Mova's school dictionary: a large wild animal of the cattle family with a big… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a bison, bison or bisons)

meaning for a pupil

1) A bison is a large wild animal of the cattle family with a big shaggy head, curved horns and a hump on its back. tree →

2) American bison live in North America and are often called buffalo; European bison (wisent) live in forests in Europe. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and history lessons, bison show how animals can nearly die out and be saved: there were once millions on the North American plains, then very few, and now they are protected. Native American peoples used bison for food, clothes and tools. Phrases: a herd of bison, American bison, European bison.

examples

• A herd of bison grazed on the plains. tree →
• The bison has a big hump on its back. tree →
• Millions of bison once lived in North America. tree →
• We saw bison at the national park. tree →
• Bison are herbivores; they eat grass. tree →
• A young bison is called a calf. tree →
• If a herd has 40 bison and 9 calves are born, there are 49. tree →

note

Plural: usually bison (the same as singular), sometimes bisons. Americans often call it a buffalo, but true buffalo live in Africa and Asia — a common confusion. Pronounced "BY-sun".

In the corpora

• The European bison, zubr in Ukrainian, is the heaviest land animal in Europe; a big bull weighs about 900 kilograms.
• European bison are calmer than American bison but are still dangerous if people come too close.

Trees and pragmatics

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