muskox

  

musk·ox

[muhsk-oks]
noun, plural musk·ox·en [-ok-suhn] .
a bovine ruminant, Ovibos moschatus, of arctic regions of North America and Greenland, that is between an ox and a sheep in size and anatomy.
Also, musk ox.

Origin:
1735–45; musk + ox, so called from its odor

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