Angry wrote on Sep 10
th, 2014 at 12:35pm:
Again with the wikipedia reference. Did I not already tell you that wikipedia is not a reliable reference due to the fact that anyone can edit it?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/oxenYes, it has come to mean any member of the bovine family.. so I could have just called him a cow, but I specified that I meant a castrated male bos.
Correction - wikipedia can be edited PROVIDED that citations can be provided.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/436367/oxArticleWeb sitesBibliographyRelated ContentContributors
ox, (Bos taurus, or B. taurus primigenius), a domesticated form of the large horned mammals that once moved in herds across North America and Europe (whence they have disappeared) and Asia and Africa, where some still exist in the wild state. South America and Australia have no wild oxen. Oxen are members of the Bovidae family.
The castrated male of B. taurus is a docile form especially useful as a draft animal in many less developed parts of the world. Oxen are also used for food in some areas.
Of note:
Bos taurus are commonly known as oxen. Not all adult male oxen are castrated.
Kinda like how all corpses are dead, but not all dead things are fresh corpses.