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ox (äks)

noun pl. oxen ox′en or Rareox

any of several bovid ruminants, as cattle, buffaloes, bison, gaur, and yaks; esp., a castrated, domesticated bull (Bos taurus), used as a draft animal

Etymology: ME < OE oxa, akin to Ger ochse < IE *ukwsen-, a bull < base *wegw-, *ūgw-, wet, sprinkle > humor, humid, L umere, to be moist

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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