SC - Castrated bulls

[Philip & Susan Troy]

In a message dated 11/23/98 12:01:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, timdee at sgi.net
writes:

<< I don't know if you are aware that a steer is castrated and a bull is not
castrated.  Most people are unaware that a steer is not the same as a bull.>>

ox (noun), plural ox*en also ox

[Middle English, from Old English oxa; akin to Old High German ohso ox,
Sanskrit uksa bull, and perhaps to Sanskrit uksati he moistens, Greek hygros
wet -- more at HUMOR]

First appeared before 12th Century

 1 : a domestic bovine mammal (Bos taurus); broadly : a bovine mammal

 2 : an adult castrated male domestic ox

steer [1] (noun)

[Middle English, from Old English steor young ox; akin to Old High German
stior young ox]

First appeared before 12th Century

 1 : a male bovine animal castrated before sexual maturity -- compare STAG 3

 2 : an ox less than four years old
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