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oxen

noun as in bovine

Strong match

noun as in cattle

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Musk oxen and snowshoe hares inhabit the base perimeter.

When that stopped paying out, he used his oxen to feed the town of Bodie.

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The polar bears pop up from their winter lairs, the arctic tern soar back from their long journey south and the musk oxen wade north.

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In a newly published large study from Greenland musk oxen have been followed for 25 years to see how their feeding habits affect their reproductive success.

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Though there were official denials, soldiers were accused of stealing or burning food and farms, slaughtering livestock, including plough oxen, and ransacking and vandalising water systems.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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