musk ox

See also: muskox

English

A musk ox.

So called because of the strong odour, or musk, emitted by the males during the rutting season.

musk ox (plural musk oxen)

Arctic mammal

Bulgarian: мускусен бик m (muskusen bik)
Catalan: bou mesquer m
Cherokee: ᏧᏴᏢ ᏯᎾᏌ (tsuyvtlv yanasa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 麝牛 (zh) (shèniú)
Czech: pižmoň m
Danish: moskusokse c
Dutch: muskusos (nl) m
Estonian: muskusveis
Faroese: moskusneyt n
Finnish: myskihärkä (fi)
French: bœuf musqué (fr) m
German: Moschusochse (de) m
Greek: μοσχόβους m (moschóvous), προβατόβους ο μοσχοφόρος m (provatóvous o moschofóros)
Greenlandic: umimmak
Icelandic: sauðnaut n
Inuktitut: ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ (omingmak)
Italian: bue muschiato m
Japanese: 麝香牛 (ja) (ジャコウウシ, jakōushi)
Korean: 사향소 (sahyangso)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: gayê miskî, miskga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: moskusfe n, moskusokse m, moskus (no) m, moskusku m or f

Nynorsk: moskusfe n, moskusokse m, moskus m, moskusku f
Polish: piżmowół (pl) m anim
Portuguese: boi-almiscarado m
Romanian: bou moscat (ro) m
Russian: овцебы́к (ru) m (ovcebýk), му́скусный бык m (múskusnyj byk)
Spanish: buey almizclero m
Swedish: myskoxe (sv) c
Vietnamese: bò xạ hương

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