oxen

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; ; ; - Bible
  2. noun an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
  3. noun any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos

Etymology

From Middle English oxen, from Old English oxan, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsan, from Proto-Germanic *uhsniz, nominative and accusative plural of *uhsô (“ox”), equivalent to ox + -en (plural ending).

Synonyms

cattle, cows, kine, Bos taurus

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