1. An adult castrated bull of the genus Bos, especially B. taurus, used chiefly as a draft animal.
2. A bovine mammal.
[Middle English, from Old English oxa; see uks-en- in Indo-European roots.]
ox
Noun
ploxen a castrated bull used for pulling heavy loads and for meat [Old English oxa]
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Noun
1.
ox - an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
Bos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini
Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"
withers - the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
2.
ox - any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
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