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ox

22 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. ox (noun)
  2. ox- (combining form)
  3. ox ball (noun)
  4. ox balm (noun)
  5. ox bile (noun)
  6. ox bot (noun)
  7. ox fence (noun)
  8. ox kind (noun)
  9. ox louse (noun)
  10. ox ray (noun)
  11. ox wagon (noun)
  12. ox-eyed (adjective)
  13. black ox (noun)
  14. Celtic ox (noun)
  15. Indian ox (noun)
  16. Javan ox (noun)
  17. musk ox (noun)
  18. polar ox (noun)
  19. trek ox (noun)
  20. ure-ox (noun)
  21. water ox (noun)
  22. oxa- (combining form)

ox

noun \ˈäks\
plural ox·en\ˈäk-sən\ also ox

Definition of OX

1
: a domestic bovine mammal (Bos taurus); broadly : a bovine mammal
2
: an adult castrated male domestic ox
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Origin of OX

Middle English, from Old English oxa; akin to Old High German ohso ox, Sanskrit ukṣā bull, and perhaps to Sanskrit ukṣati he moistens, Greek hygros wet — more at humor
First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Mammals Terms

dormouse, dugong, gibbon, grimalkin, sable, stoat, ungulate, vole

Rhymes with OX

box, cox, fox, lox, pax, phlox, pox

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