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oxen

American  
[ok-suhn] / ˈɒk sən /

noun

  1. a plural of ox.

oxen British  
/ ˈɒksən /

noun

  1. the plural of ox

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In her introduction, she swoops over the poppy fields to free the enslaved oxen forced to build the Yellow Brick Road.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

Musk oxen and snowshoe hares inhabit the base perimeter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Another bunch of dudes and a bunch of oxen got it into a cart, in one piece this time.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2024

Also, every summer a field crew of researchers perform visual counts of all the musk oxen they find in the area and make a note of how many adults, males, females and calves they see.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024

The oxen rolled their eyes, floundering, and mooed.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

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