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muskox
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musk·ox or musk ox  (mskks)
n. pl. musk·ox·en or musk ox·en (-ksn)
A large, stocky, oxlike bovid (Ovibos moschatus) native to the coastal regions of northern Canada and Greenland, having broad flat horns with curved tips and a long, shaggy, brown or black coat and emitting a musky odor.
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