plural bison
: any of several large living or extinct bovine mammals (genus Bison) that have a long, broad head, short, hollow horns, heavy forequarters, a large muscular hump across the shoulders, and a shaggy mane on the head and lower neck and that typically live and migrate in herds: such as
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What to know about bison Multiple people have been injured by bison.
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Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024
Last year, one visitor was injured by a bison — a 47-year-old Arizona woman who was gored.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024
The woman had walked toward the bison on a boardwalk near the Old Faithful geyser and came within 10 feet.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024
Thick smoke slows traffic along Interstate 35 through the Kansas Flint Hills each spring when ranchers set the prairie afire so the grass will grow back thick and tall on millions of rolling acres that have changed little since herds of wild bison roamed where beef cattle now graze.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2024
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Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024
Last year, one visitor was injured by a bison — a 47-year-old Arizona woman who was gored.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024
The woman had walked toward the bison on a boardwalk near the Old Faithful geyser and came within 10 feet.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024
Thick smoke slows traffic along Interstate 35 through the Kansas Flint Hills each spring when ranchers set the prairie afire so the grass will grow back thick and tall on millions of rolling acres that have changed little since herds of wild bison roamed where beef cattle now graze.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2024
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“Bison.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bison. Accessed 27 Jun. 2024.
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plural bison
: any of several large shaggy-maned mammals related to the ox with a large head, short horns, and a large fleshy hump above the shoulders
especially
: buffalo sense c
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