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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.
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