Definition

An extinct giant cattle breed from the Holocene that made modern bulls look like appetizers. Archaeological proof that everything was bigger and angrier in the old days.

Example Usage

The urus roamed European forests until humans hunted them to extinction by the 1600s.

Source: Zoological and paleontological terminology

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