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Musk ox   /məsk ɑks/   Listen
Musk ox

noun
1.
Large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep.  Synonyms: musk sheep, Ovibos moschatus.





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"Musk ox" Quotes from Famous Books



... square a lump of pemmican And cube a pot of tea, Divide a musk ox by the span From noon to half-past three; If we calculate the Eskimo By solar parallax, Divide the sextant by a floe And multiply the cracks By nth-powered igloos, we may ...
— The Book of Humorous Verse • Various


Words linked to "Musk ox" :   bovid, Ovibos, Ovibos moschatus, musk sheep, genus Ovibos


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