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How to pronounce oxen in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine
Type of bovine
Has types beef, beef cattle, africander, ox, red poll, steer, stirk, welsh, welsh black, bull, bullock, cow, dairy cattle, dairy cow, devon, grade, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker, moo-cow


a team of oxen.

Examples of oxen

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Clay, wet down in a bed, was trodden by oxen until it was the right consistency.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Other winter tours take tourists outside town to look for musk oxen in the wild.
From the timesunion.com
A plowing team of eight oxen normally consisted of four pairs aged a year apart.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The oxen began to die of starvation and their carcasses were frozen and stacked.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Do angry oxen throw their shoulders back and tuck their chins into their chest?
From the telegraph.co.uk
In 1915, oxen were used to haul in a 26-foot steel overshot wheel for the mill.
From the dispatch.com
The rest of the group survived by burning their wagons and slaughtering the oxen.
From the time.com
One of several statues in the park, it depicts yoked oxen pulling a loaded wagon.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He sent back a pair of musk oxen, so-called because they emit a powerful smell.
From the independent.co.uk
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  • An adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
  • Any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
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  • Ox is a fictional Marvel Comics supervillain, and he usually works for the Kingpin, Mister Fear or Hammerhead.
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