: the tail of a beef animal
especially
: the skinned tail used for food (as in soup)
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So Linden has jerk duck, wagyu oxtail pot pie and lamb with collard green spaetzle.
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Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
With two locations in North Miami, 1804 Haitian Pizza combines Haitian griot and oxtail with pizza in a popular way.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Time/temperature issues involved cooked items such as spinach, oxtails, plantains and turkey.
—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025
The meat is cut down into hundreds of different products: several different flavors of brats, beef bacon, oxtail, beef tongue, rump roast, hanger steak, short ribs, skirt steak, bone broth, etc.
—Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025
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Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
With two locations in North Miami, 1804 Haitian Pizza combines Haitian griot and oxtail with pizza in a popular way.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Time/temperature issues involved cooked items such as spinach, oxtails, plantains and turkey.
—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025
The meat is cut down into hundreds of different products: several different flavors of brats, beef bacon, oxtail, beef tongue, rump roast, hanger steak, short ribs, skirt steak, bone broth, etc.
—Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Oxtail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oxtail. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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