musk sheep

musk sheep
noun
large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep
Syn: ↑musk ox, ↑Ovibos moschatus
Hypernyms: ↑bovid
Member Holonyms: ↑Ovibos, ↑genus Ovibos

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noun

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