musk ox
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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For the same reason, the government has also had to postpone the annual winter musk ox hunt that was due to start on January 31.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
Several times, he has called off weekend trips to fish for char or hunt musk ox after seeing storms predicted—only to find the Sun shining.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 8, 2023
Alex Lanchester, Frozen Planet II producer, said that "the camera operator who filmed the musk ox story had to camp out in the Arctic in blizzard conditions".
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2022
Occasionally they do cool/gross things like peel back the cheek skin of a dead wild musk ox and say, “We got to render the tallow out of this face gristle.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2022
Over the past few weeks, Duane had discovered that the musk ox had few interests, and of those few, his top interest was by far himself.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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