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Grunting ox (Zoöl.), the yak. — Indian ox (Zoöl.), the zebu. — Javan ox (Zoöl.), the banteng. —
Musk ox. (Zoöl.) See under Musk. — Ox bile. See Ox gall, below. — Ox gall, the fresh gall of
the domestic ox; — used in the arts and in medicine. — Ox pith, ox marrow. [Obs.] Marston. — Ox
ray (Zoöl.), a very large ray (Dicerobatis Giornæ) of Southern Europe. It has a hornlike organ projecting
forward from each pectoral fin. It sometimes becomes twenty feet long and twenty-eight feet broad,
and weighs over a ton. Called also sea devil. — To have the black ox tread on one's foot, to be
unfortunate; to know what sorrow is Leigh Hunt.
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