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musk ox
noun
: a heavyset, shaggy-coated, bovid mammal (Ovibos moschatus) of tundra regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska with the males producing a strong musky odor from glands beneath the eyes
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In winter and spring, Inuit residents snowmobile hundreds of kilometers over it to go ice fishing and hunt musk ox and seals, local hunter Brandon Langan told me in his living room, a black musk ox hide hanging behind him.
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Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
But even here on Roebling Street, the actor, who stands 6-foot-2, with shoulders that would not demean a musk ox, was not exactly small.
—Ariel Fisher, New York Times, 14 May 2025
In Alaska, a favorite Mother’s Day tradition involved getting up close and personal with a species that survived the ice age: musk ox.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 12 May 2025
This wild tundra is home to reindeer, arctic hares, and 40 percent of the world’s musk ox population.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
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Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
But even here on Roebling Street, the actor, who stands 6-foot-2, with shoulders that would not demean a musk ox, was not exactly small.
—Ariel Fisher, New York Times, 14 May 2025
In Alaska, a favorite Mother’s Day tradition involved getting up close and personal with a species that survived the ice age: musk ox.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 12 May 2025
This wild tundra is home to reindeer, arctic hares, and 40 percent of the world’s musk ox population.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for musk ox
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“Musk ox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/musk%20ox. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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