muskox

or musk ox

[ muhsk-oks ]

/ ˈmʌskˌɒks /

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noun, plural musk·ox·en

[muhsk-ok-suhn]. /ˈmʌskˌɒk sən/.

a bovine ruminant, Ovibos moschatus, of Arctic regions of North America and Greenland, that is between an ox and a sheep in size and anatomy.

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Origin of muskox

First recorded in 1735–45; musk + ox, so called from its odor

How to use muskox in a sentence

Nothing could better describe the differences between Branson and Musk than these two events.
Tycoons in Space: One in Orbit and One Still Grounded|Clive Irving|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Richard Branson and Elon Musk have taken very different paths in their race to the heavens.
Tycoons in Space: One in Orbit and One Still Grounded|Clive Irving|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Musk is there, too, having taken a three-year lease at Spaceport for testing reusable rockets.
Tycoons in Space: One in Orbit and One Still Grounded|Clive Irving|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like Ford, Musk started by building a high-end sports car that would be a toy for the ultra-rich.
From the Model T to the Model S|The Daily Beast|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

At first blush, Henry Ford, the founder of Ford, and Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla Motors, would seem to have little in common.
From the Model T to the Model S|The Daily Beast|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The calf and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, sending thither the foot of the ox and the ass.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
"Sing," said the Bull, as the stiff, muddy ox-bow creaked and strained.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
It was the custom to sacrifice an ox to him, and to write any treaty made with a neighboring people upon the skin.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

British Dictionary definitions for muskox

musk ox

noun

a large bovid mammal, Ovibos moschatus, which has a dark shaggy coat, short legs, and widely spaced downward-curving horns and emits a musky smell: now confined to the tundras of Canada and Greenland

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