Ū'rus, n.

n. [Lat. urus, Gr. οὖρος, It. & Sp. uro, Fr. ure, O. H. Ger. ûr, ûr-ohso, N. H. Ger. auer-ochs.]

1. The wild bull.
2. (Zoöl.) The trivial or specific name of the species from which the common bull or ox and cow are supposed to be derived, and which, in a wild state, formerly inhabited the central parts of Europe.