ox

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Any bovine animal (genus Bos).

   Here the same four kinds are mentioned ... These are sheep, goats, camels and oxen.

2. 2
   noun

   Abbreviation of oxygen.

   I'm super excited to be on the summit of K2! No Ox! (coughs) It was hard.

3. 3
   noun

   any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos

4. 4
   noun

   an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos

5. 5
   noun

   An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.

6. 6
   name

   A Chinese constellation located near Capricorn, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.

7. 7
   name

   The second of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

8. 8
   name

   A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn. Cognate with Welsh ych (“ox”), Tocharian A ops, Tocharian B okso (“draft-ox”), Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥 (uxšan, “bull”), Sanskrit उ॒क्षन् (ukṣán).