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bison

[bahy-suhn, -zuhn] / ˈbaɪ sən, -zən /
NOUN
buffalo
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Ideal sites needed reliable access to water and other necessities, along with landscape features that could help drive and contain bison herds.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Moore tried a bison, that shaggy American prairie symbol.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

This would have served as an important feeding ground in the summer for animals such as mammoth, bison, horse, elk, and reindeer, and would have in turn drawn hunter gatherers toward the area.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Like the elk, the bison are now thriving.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Having made a full circle of the zoo, they were back at the pen of the American bison.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli



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