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musk ox en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

So called because of the strong odour, or musk, emitted by the males during the rutting season.

Meanings

1. An Arctic mammal, Ovibos moschatus of the Caprinae subfamily of the family Bovidae, having a thick coat and long curved horns.
   • Its ʽcore faunaʼ consisted of the woolly mammoth, woolly rhino, saiga, muskox and the arctic fox. All except the woolly rhino evolved in the northern Arctic, and all had been evolving for several million years before their modern forms appeared. 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 205:

Forms

Translations (42)

kmr gayê miskî (Arctic mammal) · is sauðnaut (Arctic mammal) · fo moskusneyt (Arctic mammal) · cmn 麝牛 (Arctic mammal) · nb moskus (Arctic mammal) · fi myskihärkä (Arctic mammal) · tr misk öküzü (Arctic mammal) · ja 麝香牛 (Arctic mammal) · pl piżmowół (Arctic mammal) · nb moskusokse (Arctic mammal) · vi bò xạ hương (Arctic mammal) · el μοσχόβους (Arctic mammal) · kmr miskga (Arctic mammal) · et muskusveis (Arctic mammal) · fr bœuf musqué (Arctic mammal) · pl wół piżmowy (Arctic mammal) · iu ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ (Arctic mammal) · de Moschusochse (Arctic mammal) · nn moskusfe (Arctic mammal) · nn moskusokse (Arctic mammal) · pt boi-almiscarado (Arctic mammal) · el προβατόβους ο μοσχοφόρος (Arctic mammal) · ca bou mesquer (Arctic mammal) · sv myskoxe (Arctic mammal) · pl piżmowół arktyczny (Arctic mammal) · bg мускусен бик (Arctic mammal) · kl umimmak (Arctic mammal) · ru му́скусный бык (Arctic mammal) · ug ئىپاركالا (Arctic mammal) · nb moskusfe (Arctic mammal) · ru овцебы́к (Arctic mammal) · nn moskusku (Arctic mammal) · nl muskusos (Arctic mammal) · cs pižmoň (Arctic mammal) · ro bou moscat (Arctic mammal) · ko 사향소 (Arctic mammal) · nn moskus (Arctic mammal) · da moskusokse (Arctic mammal) · it bue muschiato (Arctic mammal) · chr ᏧᏴᏢ ᏯᎾᏌ (Arctic mammal) · nb moskusku (Arctic mammal) · es buey almizclero (Arctic mammal)