ox

/ˈäks/

Middle English, from Old English oxa; akin to Old High German ohso ox, Sanskrit ukṣā bull, and perhaps to Sanskrit ukṣati he moistens, Greek hygros wet

noun

  1. a domestic bovine mammal (Bos taurus); broadly : a bovine mammal

  2. an adult castrated male domestic ox

combining form

  1. oxygen

oxacillin

noun

  1. bile obtained from an ox

  2. a preparation consisting of alcohol mixed with ox bile that is used chiefly as a wetting agent (as for watercolors)