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ˈmusk-ox
A ruminant, Ovibos moschatus, formerly existing in all arctic regions, but now only in Arctic America; it evolves a strong odour of musk. Also attrib.
1744A. Dobbs Countries Adjacent to Hudson's Bay 18 Betwixt these Rivers is a kind of Ox, called the Musk Ox, which smells at some Time in the Year so strong of Musk, that it cannot be eat. 1835Sir J. Ross Narr. 2nd Voy. xvi. 252 They further informed us that there were plenty of musk oxen on the hills to the southward. 1892W. Pike North. Canada 65 We scattered over the country, hoping to find a band of musk-ox. |