zubrhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zubr_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezubr, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zubrnoun

  1. 1763–
    The European bison or aurochs, Bos bonasus.
    1. 1763
      The stags are of two kinds; one called zuber, the same with the German crownhirsh, but somewhat larger.
      J. Bell, Travels from St. Petersburg vol. I. 294
    2. 1847
      He who kills a zubr without permission of the Russian government, has to pay as a fine 2000 rubles.
      W. C. L. Martin, Ox 8/1
    3. 1882
      A confused account of two distinct animals, the Aurochs or Zubr of Lithuania, and the extinct Urus which Charlemagne is said to have hunted.
      C. Elton, Origins of English History 59

zubr, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zubr, n. was last modified in December 2024.