On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:47:17 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 3:18:27 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>> > On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 10:09:21 AM UTC-10, Sheldon wrote:
>> > >
>> > > In the US what's sold as oxtail is actually cow tail.
>> >
>> > I know. My dad told me that when I was a kid. When was the last
>> > time you saw oxen in the United States? I guess they have some in
>> > Texas. Perhaps there are some where Paul Bunyan lives. I just know
>> > that one of ya'alls going to be insisting oxen are all over the
>> > place in America. It's what yoose guys do.
>>
>> An ox is an adult male bovine trained as a draft animal. They often
>> are castrated. (Thank you, Wikipedia.)
>>
>> Given the lack of demand for wagon or plow pulling, it's not
>> surprising we have few oxen.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
>If you keep to the simple definition, it's basically a beef bull or cow
>that's been trained to work.

I guess the "beef bull" is the equivalent of the "pork pig" and the
"mutton sheep".