oxen Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
    cows; kine; Bos taurus; cattle.
    • so many head of cattle
    • wait till the cows come home
    • seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible
    • a team of oxen
  2. noun an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
    ox.
  3. noun any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
    wild ox; ox.

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