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Elk, wolves, reindeer, or musk oxen eat the dead grass underneath the snow by pushing the snow away with their horns, snouts, or hooves.
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Today, on the outskirts of town, peasants riding ox carts and dump trucks heading to Hpakant line up at candy-cane striped sawhorses wrapped in barbed wire.
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Origin and Etymology 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
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Definition of ox-
: oxygen oxacillin
Origin and Etymology of ox-
French, from oxygène
OX Defined for English Language Learners
ox
playDefinition of ox for English Language Learners
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: a bull that has had its sex organs removed
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: a cow or bull
OX Defined for Kids
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oxen
\ˈäk-sən\ alsoox
1 : a male or female of common domestic cattle or a closely related animal (as a yak)
2 : an adult castrated male ox used especially for hauling loads
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