musk ox

See also: muskox and musk-ox

English

A musk ox.

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

musk ox (plural musk oxen)

an arctic mammal

Cherokee: ᏧᏴᏢ ᏯᎾᏌ (tsuyvtlv yanasa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 麝牛 (zh) (shèniú)
Czech: pižmoň m
Dutch: muskusos (nl) m
Estonian: muskusveis
Faroese: moskusneyt n
Finnish: myskihärkä (fi)
French: bœuf musqué (fr) m
German: Moschusochse (de) m
Greek: μοσχόβους m (moschóvous), προβατόβους ο μοσχοφόρος m (provatóvous o moschofóros)
Greenlandic: umimmak
Icelandic: sauðnaut n
Inuktitut: ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ (umingmak)

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