WILD OX

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos

Synonyms:

ox; wild ox

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("wild ox" is a kind of...):

bovine (any of various members of the genus Bos)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wild ox"):

aurochs; Bos primigenius; urus (large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle)

Bos grunniens; yak (large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated)

banteng; banting; Bos banteng; tsine (wild ox of the Malay Archipelago)

Asian wild ox (genus of Asiatic wild oxen)

Holonyms ("wild ox" is a member of...):

Bos; genus Bos (wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini)

Bibos; genus Bibos (wild ox)