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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aurochs \Au"rochs\ ([add]"r[o^]ks), noun [G. auerochs, OHG. [=u]rohso; [=u]r (cf. AS. [=u]r) + ohso ox, G. ochs. Cf. {Owre}, {Ox}.] (Zo["o]l.) The European bison ({Bison bonasus}, or {Bison Europ[ae]us}), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of C[ae]sar, with which it has often been confused.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aurochs
noun
1: European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison [syn: {wisent}, {Bison bonasus}]
2: large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle [syn: {urus}, {Bos primigenius}]
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