Bison \Bi"son\ (b[imac]"s[o^]n; 277), n. [L. bison, Gr. bi`swn,
   a wild ox; akin to OHG. wisunt, wisant, G. wisent, AS.
   wesend, Icel. v[imac]sundr: cf. F. bison.] (Zool.)
   (a) The aurochs or European bison.
   (b) The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large,
       gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short
       black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of
       the temperate portion of North America, but by 1900 was
       restricted to very limited districts in the region of the
       Rocky Mountains, and was almost hunted to extinction.

   Note: Efforts at conservation of the American bison resulted
         in setting aside several reserves, and by 1990 a few
         stable herds were established, numbering from hundreds
         to thousands, roaming certain public areas, such as
         Yellowstone Park, some reserves in Canada, and some
         private reserves. Some bison are kept as range animals
         for food, and the American bison has been bred with
         domestic cattle to form a cross called the beefalo.
         The American bison is commonly (though improperly)
         called a buffalo; an image of the bison appeared on the
         inverse of the U. S. five-cent coin (nickel) from 1913
         to 1937, and that coin was referred to as the buffalo
         nickel.
         [1913 Webster +PJC]

	

	bison
    n 1: any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and
         large heads and short horns

	

	42 Moby Thesaurus words for "bison":
   Brahman, Indian buffalo, aurochs, beef, beef cattle, beeves, bossy,
   bovine, bovine animal, buffalo, bull, bullock, calf, carabao,
   cattle, cow, critter, dairy cattle, dairy cow, dogie, heifer,
   hornless cow, kine, leppy, maverick, milch cow, milcher, milk cow,
   milker, muley cow, muley head, musk-ox, neat, ox, oxen, steer,
   stirk, stot, wisent, yak, yearling, zebu

	

	Bison

    GNU's replacement for the yacc parser generator.
   Bison runs under Unix and on Atari computers.  It was
   written by Robert Corbett.

   Latest version: 1.28, as of 2000-05-22.

   As of version 1.24, Bison will no longer apply the GNU
   General Public License to your code.  You can use the output
   files without restriction.

   FTP GNU.org (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/) or your nearest
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   Bison++ is a version which produces C++ output.

   (2000-07-05)

	

	Bison, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
   Population (2000):    235
   Housing Units (2000): 120
   Land area (2000):     0.258080 sq. miles (0.668425 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.258080 sq. miles (0.668425 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            06950
   Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
   Location:             38.520718 N, 99.197528 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     67520
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Bison, KS
    Bison

	

	Bison, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
   Population (2000):    373
   Housing Units (2000): 227
   Land area (2000):     1.001223 sq. miles (2.593156 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.001223 sq. miles (2.593156 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            05620
   Located within:       South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
   Location:             45.523911 N, 102.464634 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     57620
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Bison, SD
    Bison