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musk ox
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musk ox
a longhaired, shortnecked, thickset ruminant that survives well in the Arctic wastes. It averages 6 ft high and 800 lb when fullgrown, looks like a cross between a ram and an ox, has lowset droopy horns and a smell of musk—hence the name Ovibos moschatus.
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