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musk ox

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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.
musk ox
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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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Noun1.musk ox - large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenlandmusk ox - large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep
musk sheep, Ovibos moschatus
bovid - hollow-horned ruminants
genus Ovibos, Ovibos - consisting of the musk-ox
Translations
musk ox n → bue m muschiato
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