- ox
- noun (plural oxen 'ɒks(ə)n) a domesticated bovine animal kept for milk or meat; a cow or bull. See also cattle.↘used in names of wild animals related to or resembling this, e.g. musk ox.↘a castrated bull, especially as a draught animal.OriginOE oxa, of Gmc origin.
English new terms dictionary. 2014.