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Definition of Muskox
1. a large bovid of arctic regions [n -OXEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muskox
Literary usage of Muskox
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"... I guess (of the duckbill); he's goin to lie down, I guess (of the porcupine);
look at the black feet (of the muskox); they fightin ..."
2. Report of the Second Norwegian Arctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1898-1902 by Per Schei, Norske videnskaps-akademi i Oslo, Nordal Willie (1907)
"... Big Valley, Sir Inglis Peak; muskox Fjord; Goose Fjord, Gull Cove, Falcon Cliff
... Harbour Fjord at the Barren Values (2400) ; muskox Fjord (2118, ..."
3. The Northward Course of Empire by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1922)
""Now, as regards the muskox. I most emphatically wish your project well, not
merely as ... It is a capital misfortune that the muskox has not been tamed. ..."
4. Principles of Human Geography by Ellsworth Huntington, Sumner W. Cushing (1922)
"The reindeer, caribou, and muskox, however, can get a living, though they must
often paw away the snow to get at the plants beneath. ..."
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