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American Heritage Dictionary:

ox

(ŏks)

n., pl., ox·en (ŏk'sən).

An adult castrated bull of the genus Bos, especially B. taurus, used chiefly as a draft animal.
A bovine mammal.

[Middle English, from Old English oxa.]

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has the plural form oxen.

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Domesticated form of large bovid (species Bos taurus) that once moved in herds across North America and Europe (where they have disappeared) and Asia and Africa (where some still exist in the wild). The docile castrated male is used as a draft animal in many countries. Oxen are used for food in some areas. The term is also applied to a castrated male of any cattle breed. See also aurochs, yak.

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noun

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Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology:

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(pl. oxen) [Sp]

Technically, a castrated male of the cattle species (Bos taurus), but the name is more widely applied to any large, usually horned, bovine animal used for draught.

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IN BRIEF: More than one castrated bull.

North of the Alps, great cities dependent on horses and oxen for motive power could not exist without hay. — Freeman Dyson, from Freeman Dyson Infinite in All Directions, Harper and Row, New York, 1988, p 135.

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The Dream Encyclopedia:

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The ox symbolizes the strength and capacity to endure great hardship and toil. One is "as stubborn as an ox" when one's tenacity is greater than one's reason.

Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:

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Pl. oxen; mature, castrated male reared for meat production or draft purposes.

o. warbles — see hypoderma.

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Ox (zodiac)

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The Ox ( 牛 ) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Ox is denoted by the earthly branch character 丑. In the Vietnamese zodiac, the water buffalo occupies the position of the ox.

Contents

1 Years and the Five Elements
2 Traditional Ox attributes and associations
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Years and the Five Elements

People born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the year of the Ox, while also bearing the following elemental sign:^[1]

31 January 1889 – 20 January 1890: Earth Ox
19 February 1901 – 7 February 1902: Metal Ox
6 February 1913 – 25 January 1914: Water Ox
25 January 1925 – 12 February 1926: Wood Ox
11 February 1937 – 30 January 1938: Fire Ox
29 January 1949 – 16 February 1950: Earth Ox
15 February 1961 – 4 February 1962: Metal Ox
3 February 1973 – 22 January 1974: Water Ox
20 February 1985 – 8 February 1986: Wood Ox
7 February 1997 – 27 January 1998: Fire Ox
26 January 2009 – 13 February 2010: Earth Ox
12 February 2021 – 31 January 2022: Metal Ox
31 January 2033 – 18 February 2034: Water Ox

Traditional Ox attributes and associations

Attribute	Associations
Zodiac Location	2nd
Ruling hours	1am-3am
Direction	North-northeast
Motto	"I Persevere"^[2]
Season and month	Winter, January
Fixed element	Earth
Stem	Negative
Lunar Month Dates	January 6 – February 3
Gemstone	Garnet
Colors	Scarlet and Purple
Roughly equivalent western sign	Capricorn
Polarity	Yin
Countries	Switzerland, Bolivia, Yemen, India, Finland, Cuba, Ukraine

References

^ "Find out your Chinese sign and cosmic Element". Astrologizeme.com. http://www.astrologizeme.com/your_chinese_sign.shtml. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
^ Ox Motto

External links

v d e Eastern Zodiac

Rat · Ox (alternately: Buffalo) · Tiger · Rabbit (alternately: Cat) · Dragon · Snake · Horse · Goat (aka Ram) · Monkey · Rooster · Dog · Pig (aka Boar)

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Translations:

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - okse

Nederlands (Dutch)
os, rund

Français (French)
n. - b¯uf

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ochse

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ζωολ.) βόδι

Italiano (Italian)
bue

Português (Portuguese)
n. - boi

Русский (Russian)
вол

Español (Spanish)
n. - buey

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - oxe, stut

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
牛

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 牛

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 황소, 소과 동물의 총칭

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 牛, 雄牛

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ثور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שור‬

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