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wood bison

wood bison noun: bison bison athabascae, one of the two subspecies of the American bison, the other being the plains bison.

wood bison: bison bison athabascae, one of the two subspecies of the American bison, the other being the plains...
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Noun

wood bison

  1. Bison bison athabascae, one of the two subspecies of the American bison, the other being the plains bison.
    Synonyms:
    wood buffalo

Synonyms of wood bison

Questions about wood bison

What does wood bison mean?
Wood bison means bison bison athabascae, one of the two subspecies of the American bison, the other being the plains bison.
What part of speech is wood bison?
Wood bison is a noun.

Words near wood bison in the dictionary

  1. wood apples
  2. wood avens
  3. wood bedstraw
  4. wood betonies
  5. wood betony
  6. wood bison
  7. wood block
  8. wood blocks
  9. wood brown
  10. wood browns
  11. wood buffalo

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