"musk ox" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: musk oxen [plural]
Etymology: So called because of the strong odour, or musk, emitted by the males during the rutting season. Head templates: {{en-noun|musk oxen}} musk ox (plural musk oxen)
  1. An Arctic mammal, Ovibos moschatus of the Caprinae subfamily of the family Bovidae, having a thick coat and long curved horns. Wikipedia link: musk ox Categories (lifeform): Caprines Synonyms: muskox Translations (Arctic mammal): мускусен бик (muskusen bik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), bou mesquer [masculine] (Catalan), ᏧᏴᏢ ᏯᎾᏌ (tsuyvtlv yanasa) (Cherokee), 麝牛 (shèniú) (Chinese Mandarin), pižmoň [masculine] (Czech), moskusokse [common-gender] (Danish), muskusos [masculine] (Dutch), muskusveis (Estonian), moskusneyt [neuter] (Faroese), myskihärkä (Finnish), bœuf musqué [masculine] (French), Moschusochse [masculine] (German), μοσχόβους (moschóvous) [masculine] (Greek), προβατόβους ο μοσχοφόρος (provatóvous o moschofóros) [masculine] (Greek), umimmak (Greenlandic), sauðnaut [neuter] (Icelandic), ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ (omingmak) (Inuktitut), bue muschiato [masculine] (Italian), 麝香牛 (jakōushi) (alt: ジャコウウシ) (Japanese), 사향소 (sahyangso) (Korean), gayê miskî (Northern Kurdish), miskga (Northern Kurdish), moskusfe [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), moskusokse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), moskus [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), moskusku [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), moskusfe [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), moskusokse [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), moskus [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), moskusku [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), piżmowół [animate, masculine] (Polish), boi-almiscarado [masculine] (Portuguese), bou moscat [masculine] (Romanian), овцебы́к (ovcebýk) [masculine] (Russian), му́скусный бык (múskusnyj byk) [masculine] (Russian), buey almizclero [masculine] (Spanish), myskoxe [common-gender] (Swedish), bò xạ hương (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "Arctic mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buey almizclero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Arctic mammal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "myskoxe"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Arctic mammal",
      "word": "bò xạ hương"
    }
  ],
  "word": "musk ox"
}

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