ovibos moschatus

1. 1.

   large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep

   Synonymsmusk oxmusk sheep

   Broaderbovid

   Part ofOvibos

Questions about ovibos moschatus

What does ovibos moschatus mean?

ovibos moschatus means "large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep".

What is another word for ovibos moschatus?

Close synonyms include musk ox, musk sheep. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ovibos moschatus a common word?

ovibos moschatus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.