Meaning & use

wild ox

noun·Advanced

A large, powerful wild bovine animal, such as the gaur or the extinct aurochs.

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The wild ox grazed alone at the edge of the forest clearing at dusk.

Ancient cave paintings often depicted hunters chasing the wild ox across open plains.

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Wild ox is a general term covering several undomesticated bovine species rather than one single, precisely defined animal.

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