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  • noun An arctic mammal, Ovibos moschatus of the Caprinae family, having a thick coat and long curved horns.

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  • noun large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep

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  • An archaic term (I think) is musk-bull.

    August 25, 2008