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1. Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
   "a team of oxen";
   - cattle, cows, kine [archaic], Bos taurus

1. An adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
    
2. Any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
   - wild ox

Derived forms: oxens

Type of: bovine

Part of: Bibos, Bos, genus Bibos, genus Bos, herd

Encyclopedia: Oxen