ox
nounUS /ˈɑks/ · UK /ˈɒks/
Etymology From Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn. Cognate with Welsh ych (“ox”), Tocharian A ops, Tocharian B okso (“draft-ox”), Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥 (uxšan, “bull”), Sanskrit उ॒क्षन् (ukṣán).
1
An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
- a yoke of oxen
2
Any bovine animal (genus Bos).
- Here the same four kinds are mentioned ... These are sheep, goats, camels and oxen.1934, commentary on the Qur'an (Sura 39 verse 6) by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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- aurochs