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A cow that chose a career in manual labor instead of dairy.
means A castrated bull raised and trained for pulling and hauling, not for milk or breeding.
from One of the oldest words in the English language, tracing back through Old English 'oxa' to a very ancient Germanic root, with cousins in other Germanic languages carrying the same meaning. It ultimately connects to an old Indo-European word for the animal, making 'ox' a linguistic fossil — it has meant essentially the same thing for thousands of years while the world around it plowed on.
- actual taxonomy
- just a castrated adult bull trained to work
- strength source
- trained muscle and temperament, not special breed
- retirement plan
- eventually becomes beef, same as any cattle
- global role
- still plows fields for millions of farmers today