musk ox

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An Arctic mammal, Ovibos moschatus of the Caprinae subfamily of the family Bovidae, having a thick coat and long curved horns.
    — Its ʽcore faunaʼ consisted of the woolly mammoth, woolly rhino, saiga, muskox and the arctic fox. All except the woolly rhino evolved in the northern Arctic, and all had been evolving for several million years before their modern forms appeared.

词形变化

musk oxen plural muskox alternative

词源

So called because of the strong odour, or musk, emitted by the males during the rutting season.
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