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Aurochs vs Reem - What's the difference?

aurochs | reem |

As nouns the difference between aurochs and reem

is that aurochs is an extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle while reem is a large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare {{term|unicorn}}).

As a verb reem is

to open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.

aurochs

English

(wikipedia aurochs)

Noun

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language by David Crystal (1995, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521401798), page 200
  • An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius , the ancestor of domestic cattle.
  • (zoology) The European bison (Bison bonasus'', or ''Europæus ).

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    reem

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

  • A large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius ), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare (unicorn)).

    • Etymology 2

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.