musk·ox or musk ox (m sk  ks )n. pl. musk·ox·en or musk ox·en (- ks n) 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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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large bovid mammal, Ovibos moschatus, which has a dark shaggy coat, short legs, and widely spaced downward-curving horns and emits a musky smell: now confined to the tundras of Canada and Greenland
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| Noun | 1. |  musk ox - large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheepbovid - hollow-horned ruminants genus Ovibos, Ovibos - consisting of the musk-ox |
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