Meaning

noun domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; ; ; - Bible

noun an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus

noun any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn Proto-Germanic *uhsô Proto-West Germanic *ohsō Old English oxa Old English oxan Middle English oxen English oxen From Middle English oxen, from Old English oxan, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsan, from Proto-Germanic *uhsniz, nominative and accusative plural of *uhsô (“ox”), equivalent to ox + -en (plural ending).

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