musk ox
Definitions
An Arctic mammal, Ovibos moschatus of the Caprinae subfamily of the family Bovidae, having a thick coat and long curved horns.
Equivalents
13 more languages
Češtinapižmoň
Suomimyskihärkä
Íslenskasauðnaut
Italianobue muschiato
日本語麝香牛
한국어사향소
Nederlandsmuskusos
Portuguêsboi-almiscarado
Românăbou moscat
Svenskamyskoxe
ئۇيغۇرچەئىپاركالا
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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