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# bison

noun (a bison, bison or bisons)

«bison» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A bison is a large wild animal of the cattle family with a big shaggy head, curved horns and a hump on its back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bison/#m1)
2. American bison live in North America and are often called buffalo; European bison (wisent) live in forests in Europe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bison/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and history lessons, bison show how animals can nearly die out and be saved: there were once millions on the North American plains, then very few, and now they are protected. Native American peoples used bison for food, clothes and tools. Phrases: a herd of bison, American bison, European bison.

### Examples

- A herd of bison grazed on the plains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bison/#x1)
- The bison has a big hump on its back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bison/#x2)
- Millions of bison once lived in North America. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bison/#x3)
- We saw bison at the national park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bison/#x4)
- Bison are herbivores; they eat grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bison/#x5)
- A young bison is called a calf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bison/#x6)
- If a herd has 40 bison and 9 calves are born, there are 49. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bison/#x7)

### Note

Plural: usually bison (the same as singular), sometimes bisons. Americans often call it a buffalo, but true buffalo live in Africa and Asia — a common confusion. Pronounced "BY-sun".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bison» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bison/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bison» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bison.html) on Mova free.