wisent

From German Wisent. Doublet of bison.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪzənt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈviːzənt/

wisent (plural wisents)

1. The European bison, Bison bonasus.

• European bison, zubr

• (a member of the Genus Bison): bison
• (a cloven-hoofed ruminant mammal of the subfamily Bovinae, cattle): bovine
• (a hoofed mammal chewing cud): ruminant

• (only surviving purebred subspecies, Bison bonasus bonasus): lowland wisent
• (subspecies only surviving as a hybrid, Bison bonasus caucasicus): Caucasian wisent
• (extinct subspecies, Bison bonasus hungarorum): Carpathian wisent

• Westin, twines