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ovibos

ovibos noun: the musk ox.

Noun

ovibos (plural oviboses)

  1. The musk ox.
    • This was not because the ovibos meat was superior but rather because it was fatter. In my opinion not one person in ten could even when on his guard tell an ovibos steak from a beefsteak, […]1969, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, The Friendly Arctic, page 585

Forms of ovibos

pluraloviboses

Questions about ovibos

What does ovibos mean?
Ovibos means the musk ox.
What part of speech is ovibos?
Ovibos is a noun.
What is the plural of ovibos?
The plural of ovibos is oviboses.

Words near ovibos in the dictionary

  1. OVFST
  2. ovhd
  3. ovhds
  4. OVI
  5. ovi-
  6. ovibos
  7. oviboses
  8. ovibovine
  9. ovibovines
  10. ovicaprid
  11. ovicaprids

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