Bison,

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bison \Bi"son\ (b[imac]"s[o^]n; 277), n. [L. bison, Gr. bi`swn,
     a wild ox; akin to OHG. wisunt, wisant, G. wisent, AS.
     wesend, Icel. v[imac]sundr: cf. F. bison.] (Zool.)
     (a) The aurochs or European bison.
     (b) The American bison buffalo ({Bison Americanus}), a large,
         gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short


         black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of
         the temperate portion of North America, but by 1900 was
         restricted to very limited districts in the region of the
         Rocky Mountains, and was almost hunted to extinction.
  
     Note: Efforts at conservation of the American bison resulted
           in setting aside several reserves, and by 1990 a few
           stable herds were established, numbering from hundreds
           to thousands, roaming certain public areas, such as
           Yellowstone Park, some reserves in Canada, and some
           private reserves. Some bison are kept as range animals
           for food, and the American bison has been bred with
           domestic cattle to form a cross called the {beefalo}.
           The American bison is commonly (though improperly)
           called a buffalo; an image of the bison appeared on the
           inverse of the U. S. five-cent coin (nickel) from 1913
           to 1937, and that coin was referred to as the {buffalo
           nickel}.
           [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bison
       n : any of several large shaggy-maned humped bovids having large
           heads and short horns

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "bison":
     Brahman, Indian buffalo, aurochs, beef, beef cattle, beeves, bossy,
     bovine, bovine animal, buffalo, bull, bullock, calf, carabao,
     cattle, cow, critter, dairy cattle, dairy cow, dogie, heifer,
     hornless cow, kine, leppy, maverick, milch cow, milcher, milk cow,
     milker, muley cow, muley head, musk-ox, neat, ox, oxen, steer,
     stirk, stot, wisent, yak, yearling, zebu
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Bison
       
           {GNU}'s replacement for the {yacc} {parser generator}.
          Bison runs under {Unix} and on {Atari} computers.  It was
          written by Robert Corbett.
       
          Latest version: 1.28, as of 2000-05-22.
       
          As of version 1.24, Bison will no longer apply the {GNU}
          {General Public License} to your code.  You can use the output
          files without restriction.
       
          {FTP GNU.org (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/)} or your nearest
          {GNU archive site}.
       
          E-mail: .
       
          {Bison++} is a version which produces {C++} output.
       
          (2000-07-05)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Bison++
       
          GNU's Yacc parser generator retargeted to C++ by Alain
          Coetmeur .  Version 1.04.
       
          {(ftp://iecc.com/pub/file/bison++.tar.gz)}.
          {(ftp://iecc.com/pub/file/misc++.tar.gz)}.
          {(ftp://psuvax1.cs.psu.edu/pub/src/gnu/bison++-1.04.tar.Z)}.
       
          (1993-07-08)
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Bison, KS (city, FIPS 6950)
    Location: 38.51980 N, 99.19716 W
    Population (1990): 252 (122 housing units)
    Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 67520
  Bison, OK
    Zip code(s): 73720
  Bison, SD (town, FIPS 5620)
    Location: 45.52173 N, 102.46687 W
    Population (1990): 451 (237 housing units)
    Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 57620

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Bison, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
     Population (2000):    235
     Housing Units (2000): 120
     Land area (2000):     0.258080 sq. miles (0.668425 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.258080 sq. miles (0.668425 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            06950
     Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
     Location:             38.520718 N, 99.197528 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     67520
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Bison, KS
      Bison
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Bison, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
     Population (2000):    373
     Housing Units (2000): 227
     Land area (2000):     1.001223 sq. miles (2.593156 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.001223 sq. miles (2.593156 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            05620
     Located within:       South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
     Location:             45.523911 N, 102.464634 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     57620
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Bison, SD
      Bison