ox
/ɑks/ noun B2- An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden. · a yoke of oxen
- Any bovine animal (genus Bos).
Plural oxen
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A DOG lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen from eating the hay which had been placed for them.
## The Oxen and the Axle-Trees
A HEAVY WAGON was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen.
The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon the Oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: “Hullo there!
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