Musk ox Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep
Ovibos moschatus; musk sheep.
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(Zoöl.) See underMusk .
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(Zoöl.) , an Arctic hollow-horned ruminant (Ovibos moschatus ), now existing only in America, but found fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds.