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Ox

//ˈɑks//

Definitions

1
An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
Similar
bullock steer
2
Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef.
Here the same four kinds are mentioned ... These are sheep, goats, camels and oxen.

name

1
A Chinese constellation located near Capricorn, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
2
The second of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
3
A surname.

Word Origin

From Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn. Cognate w...

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