Question:I thought an ox was a female cow and a bull was male; Answers:; A cow is a female of the bovine species. Ox is a specific kind of animal ... i think bull is general to livestock and ox is male cow... not sure though...
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Cattle (colloquially cows ) are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos ...
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The physical characteristic is the most telling difference between the cow and the ox- oxen have horns. I stood under some of them to get a picture and they were huge!
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An ox, to early American farmers who used the beast, was a mature castrated male belonging to the domestic cattle family, or genus Bos, most likely trained (like draft horses, some never got trained) to work, and at the end of its life inevitably used for meat.
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A cow is a female of the bovine species. Ox is a specific kind of animal
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I believe the horn is either cow or ox. Is there any way to tell the difference between the two, ie, general color, shape, size, etc? I know many things can be done to change any one or all of these, but, this horn hasn't been heavily worked;
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Cow Them ... Cattle (Bovine Animals); Foreign Language: Spanish cow - la vaca bull - el toro ... Clickety-clack, Clickety-clack! @ Between the Lions; LA - 1st Grade: Using Nouns in Sentences; Sixteen Cows by Lisa Wheeler (This site has some activities at this link.);
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Please Help Our Efforts; See the movie Cow Murder; ... There really isn't any difference between what is going on here and the photos (in this series) of a Chinese market where they are doing the same thing to dogs. Death is death! The only reason someone might think there is a difference, is because they love one animal...
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This all creatures animal exploitation photo gallery is being presented to show the public the difference between the cute little animals we see in advertising and picture in our minds and the reality that exists in entertainment (circus, circuses, hunting, fishing, movie, movies, sport, sports, television, tv. TV),
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A barren cow is substantially a different creature than a breeding one. There is as much difference between them for all purposes of use as there is between an ox and a cow that is capable of breeding and giving milk.
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