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Meaning of musk ox | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An Arctic mammal, Ovibos moschatus of the Caprinae subfamily of the family Bovidae, having a thick coat and long curved horns.

Equivalents

Čeština pižmoň
Deutsch Moschusochse
Español buey almizclero
Suomi myskihärkä
Français bœuf musqué
Italiano bue muschiato
日本語 麝香牛
한국어 사향소
Nederlands muskusos
Português boi-almiscarado
Svenska myskoxe

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.

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