Oxen Synonyms

äksən
Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; ; ; - Bible
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cows
  2. cattle
  3. bulls
  4. kine
  5. lugs
  6. steers
  7. yaks
  8. bos-taurus
  9. lumps
  10. louts
  11. bugles
  12. buffalos
  13. hulks
  14. buffs
  15. gawks
  16. beasts

Words Related to Oxen

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Oxen Sentence Examples

  • The Somali have also large herds of cattle - oxen, sheep and goats.

  • Oxen, usually yoked in teams of eight, were used for ploughing.

  • On the much agitated question about the employment of horses or oxen in labour, the most important arguments are distinctly stated.

  • Cakes were laid on the altar of Zeus Polieus and oxen driven round; the one which touched the cakes was the victim.

  • In the case of oxen the alternate host of the parasite is a special tick (Smith and Kilborne).

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