musk ox

M m

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [muhsk oks]
- /mʌsk ɒks/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [muhsk oks]
- /mʌsk ɒks/

Definitions of musk ox words

noun plural musk ox a bovine ruminant, Ovibos moschatus, of arctic regions of North America and Greenland, that is between an ox and a sheep in size and anatomy. 1
noun musk ox bovine with curved horns 1
noun musk ox a large bovid mammal, Ovibos moschatus, which has a dark shaggy coat, short legs, and widely spaced downward-curving horns and emits a musky smell: now confined to the tundras of Canada and Greenland 0
noun musk ox a hardy ox (Ovibos moschatus) of arctic America and Greenland, with a long, coarse, hairy coat, large, curved horns, and a musklike odor 0

See all 4 definitions of musk ox

Information block about the term

Origin of musk ox

First appearance:

before 1735

One of the 48% newest English words

1735-45; musk + ox, so called from its odor

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Musk ox

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Musk ox

musk ox popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

musk ox usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer