oxnoun [ C ]
uk/ɒks/us/ɑːks/plural oxena bull (= male cow) that has had its reproductive organs removed, used in the past for pulling heavy things on farms, or, more generally, any adult of the cattle family
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Names for the male & female of animals
- billy goat
- bitch
- boar
- boomer
- buck
- bull
- bullock
- cob
- drake
- ewe
- gelding
- mare
- nanny goat
- ram
- stag
- stallion
- steer
- tigress
- tom
- tomcat
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