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WILD OX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
Synonyms:
ox; wild ox
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wild ox" is a kind of...):
bovine (any of various members of the genus Bos)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wild ox"):
aurochs; Bos primigenius; urus (large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle)
Bos grunniens; yak (large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated)
banteng; banting; Bos banteng; tsine (wild ox of the Malay Archipelago)
Asian wild ox (genus of Asiatic wild oxen)
Holonyms ("wild ox" is a member of...):
Bos; genus Bos (wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini)
Bibos; genus Bibos (wild ox)
