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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