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urus [yoo r-uh s] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural u·rus·es.
- the aurochs.
Origin of urus 1595–1605; Latin ūrus a kind of wild ox (cognate with Greek oûros) Germanic; compare Old English, Old High German ūr, Old Norse ūrr Examples from the Web for urus Historical Examples of urus
The asp was worshipped by the Egyptians under the name of urus.
History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12)
G. Maspero
It is thought by some that the Chillingham cattle are descendants of the urus.
Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
For information concerning the wild cattle, see The Urus, p. 145.
Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
The gigantic, unwieldy ox, the Urus of Caesar, has been extinct since Roman times.
J. H. Ward
Some confusion has arisen as to the description and the names of the Urus and the Bison.
T. McKenny Huges
British Dictionary definitions for urus urus noun plural uruses
- another name for the aurochs
Word Origin for urus C17: from ūrus, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German ūr, Old Norse urr, Greek ouros aurochs