2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: urus noun: large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle [syn: {aurochs}, {Bos primigenius}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Urus \U"rus\, noun [L.; of Teutonic origin. See {Aurochs}.] (Zo["o]l.) A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal ({Bos urus} or {Bos primigenius}) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius C[ae]sar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, {ur}, {ure}, and {tur}.

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