MUSK OX

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Meaning:

Large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep

Synonyms:

musk ox; musk sheep; Ovibos moschatus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("musk ox" is a kind of...):

bovid (hollow-horned ruminants)

Holonyms ("musk ox" is a member of...):

genus Ovibos; Ovibos (consisting of the musk-ox)

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