auroch
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.05 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of aurochs.
Example Sentences
- "The truth is, he says, that the first of these skulls is that of an auroch, with no difference which can reasonably be considered as specific; and the second belongs, he conceives, simply to the species of our domestic ox, of which it has all the characters."
- "Cuvier thus carefully marks the distinctions between the species: “The forehead of the ox is flat and a little concave; —that of the auroch protuberant, although less so than the buffalo's; […]"
- "The next time they darted in at the auroch, Marra nipped at its ear and Pell actually took its jowls in his mouth."
Etymology
Back-formation from aurochs.