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zubr

/ˈzuːbə(ɹ)/
/ˈʒuːbə(ɹ)/

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From Polish żubr, from Proto-Slavic *zǫbrъ, *izǫbrъ, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth, horn, peg”).

noun zubrs

obsolete One of several species of European bison or aurochs, which were unclearly delineated in the 1800s when this sense was in use. Herberstein and Martin Cronner assert that the name of Bison is always bestowed on the animal called Zubr or Zumbr by the Poles that the name of Aurochs or Urus is improperly bestowed upon it by the Germans; that these last mentioned names apply solely to the urus or Thur of the Polish nation and th
A wisent, European bison (Bos bonasus). THE European bison, wisent or zubr (Bison bonasus) seems to be coming back into circulation again, at least among menagerie keepers. The London Zoo has a pair of them...

Similar: wisent, European bison

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@misc{zubr_2026,
  title = {zubr},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zubr},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}