bison

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Definition of bison - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

animalgrand mammifère à cornes qui vit en troupeaux dans les plaines

Les bisons d'Amérique ont failli disparaître au 19e siècle.

héraldique

Rare

figure qui représente cet animal sur des armoiries

Rare

Le bison orne fièrement les armoiries de cette province canadienne.

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grand mammifère à cornes qui vit en troupeaux dans les plaines
figure qui représente cet animal sur des armoiries

Expressions with bison

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bison d'Amérique

grand mammifère herbivore des prairies d'Amérique du Nord

Le bison d'Amérique était autrefois menacé d'extinction dans les plaines.

bison américain

grand mammifère à poil brun et bosse vivant dans les plaines d'Amérique

Le bison américain était menacé d'extinction au XIXe siècle.

bison d'Europe

grand mammifère herbivore des forêts européennes, plus grand bovidé sauvage d'Europe

Le bison d'Europe a été réintroduit dans plusieurs pays européens.

bison d'Amérique du Nord

grand mammifère herbivore à bosse et crinière des plaines nord-américaines

Le bison d'Amérique du Nord était chassé par les tribus indiennes.

herbe de bison

plante des prairies d'Amérique du Nord que mangent les bisons

L'herbe de bison pousse dans les grandes plaines du Canada.

Origin of bison

latin, bison (bison)

Examples of bison in a sentence

Le bison est protégé dans cette réserve naturelle.
Un bison sauvage a été aperçu dans la réserve naturelle.
Les artistes ont sculpté un bison en bois pour la décoration du musée.

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English:bison, heraldic bison, ...
German:Bison, Wappentier Bison, ...
Italian:bisonte, ...
Spanish:bisonte, ...
Portuguese:bisonte, ...
Chinese:野牛, 野牛图案, ...
Japanese:バイソン, バイソンの図, ...
Arabic:بيسون, شكل البيسون, ...
Hebrew:בִּיזוֹן, בִּיזוֹן, ...
Russian:бизон, изображение бизона, ...
Ukrainian:бізон, зображення бізона, ...
Catalan:bisó, ...
Danish:bison, ...
Dutch:bison, bisonfiguur, ...
Greek:βίσονας, έμβλημα βούβαλου, ...
Khmer:ប៊ីសុន, រូបប៊ីសុនលើអាវុធសញ្ញា, ...
Korean:들소, 들소 도안, ...
Polish:bizon, ...
Portuguese (BR):bisão, figura de bisão, ...
Romanian:bizon, ...
Swedish:bison, ...
Thai:กระทิง, รูปวัวกระทิง, ...
Turkish:bizon, bizon figürü, ...
Vietnamese:bò rừng, bò rừng trên huy hiệu, ...

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