"oxtail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: oxtails [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English ox tayll, from Old English oxan tæġl (literally “ox's tail”), equivalent to ox + tail. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ox tayll}} Middle English ox tayll, {{inh|en|ang|oxan tæġl|lit=ox's tail}} Old English oxan tæġl (literally “ox's tail”), {{com|en|ox|tail}} ox + tail Head templates: {{en-noun}} oxtail (plural oxtails)
  1. The tail of an ox or cow.
    Sense id: en-oxtail-en-noun-yLEVR0~k
  2. A cut of meat taken from the tail of a cow or calf; it requires long, slow braising, and is used to prepare oxtail soup. Categories (topical): Meats Translations (meat from the tail of a cow): beesstert (Afrikaans), 牛尾 (niúwěi) (Chinese Mandarin), hovězí oháňka [feminine] (Czech), ossenstaart [masculine] (Dutch), härjasaba (Estonian), häränhäntä (Finnish), queue de bœuf [feminine] (French), Ochsenschwanz [masculine] (German), Ochsenschlepp [Austria, masculine] (German), βοδινή ουρά (vodiní ourá) [feminine] (Greek), ökörfark (Hungarian), ekor sapi (Indonesian), coda di bue [feminine] (Italian), axtiel (Jamaican Creole), オックステール (okkusutēru) (Japanese), buntut sapi (Javanese), 소꼬리 (sokkori) (Korean), arbyl dow [masculine] (Manx), gadûv (Northern Kurdish), oksehale [masculine] (Norwegian), ogon wołowy [masculine] (Polish), rabo de touro [masculine] (Portuguese), rabada [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), воло́вий хвост (volóvij xvost) [masculine] (Russian), rabo de toro [masculine] (Spanish), đuôi bò (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-oxtail-en-noun-V5jnyqSr Disambiguation of Meats: 5 95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of 'meat from the tail of a cow': 32 68

Inflected forms

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