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MUSK SHEEP
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I. (noun)
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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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("musk sheep" is a kind of...):
bovid (hollow-horned ruminants)
Holonyms ("musk sheep" is a member of...):
genus Ovibos; Ovibos (consisting of the musk-ox)