bullock

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a young bull that has been castrated, especially one raised or used as an ox

   A bullock pulled the loaded cart along the muddy track.

From Middle English bullok and Old English bulluc, a diminutive related to bull and formed with the suffix -ock. The older Germanic forms referred to a young bull; usage later commonly specified a castrated male bovine or working ox, with some regional variation in the exact age and status of the animal.

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