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bul⋅lock

  [bool-uhk]
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–noun
1. a castrated bull; steer.
2. a young bull.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME bullok, OE bulluc. See bull 1 , -ock
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bul·lock   (bŏŏl'ək)   
n.  

  1. A castrated bull; a steer.

  2. A young bull.


[Middle English bullok, from Old English bulluc; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

bullock 
O.E. bulluc "young bull," from P.Gmc. *bulluka-, from the stem of bull (1). Now always a castrated bull reared for beef.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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