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Bison
The name
bison
refers to several large
bovine
mammals
:
American Bison
-
Bison bison
Wisent
or European bison -
Bison bonasus
Steppe Wisent
Bison priscus
- extinct
Frequently confused with bison:
Aurochs
-
Bos primigenius
It also refers to several other things:
GNU bison
is a
compiler compiler
similar to
Yacc
.
BiSON is an acronym for the
Birmingham
Solar Oscillations Network, a network of six remote solar observatories monitoring low-degree
helioseismology
oscillation modes.
Bison vodka is another name for
Zubrovka
.
The
NATO reporting name
for the
Myasishchev M-4
was
Bison
.
M. Bison
, a character from
Capcom
's fighting video game
Street Fighter II
. He is called Lord Vega in the Japanese version of the game.
Last updated: 08-17-2005 22:07:25