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• n  domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
  a team of oxen
• n  an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
• n  any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos

• Once a Mormon temple is consecrated, no outsider may enter to see the secret rites or oxen-borne baptistries.
• This year, the oxen sniffed contemplatively at several of the trays.
• Silent Spring, serialized in the New Yorker in June 1962, gored corporate oxen all over the country.

• cattle
• cows
• kine
• Bos taurus
• ox
• wild ox

News & Articles

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• History in the rubble: How arson-struck Whites Bridge became a West Michigan landmark
  Construction of the 120-foot long bridge took 84 days with only the help of horses and oxen.
  July 7, 2013 - The Grand Rapids Press

Quotes

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• José Saramago in New York Times
  There is no more satisfying smell than that of turned hay,Mr. Saramago writes, "of bodies under a blanket, of oxen feeding at the trough, the scent of cold air filtering through the chinks in the hayloft, and perhaps the scent of the moon,...
• Inigo Jones in Deccan Herald
  Inigo Jones said, in 1622, that there were sacrifices of "Buls:and oxen:" in ancient times.
• Newt Gingrich in Times Online
  If a lack of petrol for their cars forced Iranians to "go back to walking and using oxen to pull carts", the people might rise against the ayatollahs, Gingrich said.