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oxen (root: ox)
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Noun oxen has 1 sense
- oxen(n = noun.animal) bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"; "a team of oxen" is a member of bos, genus bos, herd
is a kind of bovine
has particulars: ox, stirk, bullock, steer, bull, cow, moo-cow, beef, beef cattle, welsh, welsh black, red poll, africander, dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker, devon, grade
has parts: beef, boeuf
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