Definition of ox

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ox    (ks) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. ox·en  (ksn) KEY 

1. An adult castrated bull of the genus Bos, especially B. taurus, used chiefly as a draft animal.
2. A bovine mammal.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English oxa; see uks-en- in Indo-European roots