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Definition of bullock noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bullock

noun

/ˈbʊlək/

/ˈbʊlək/

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a young bull (= a male cow) that has been castrated (= had part of its sex organs removed) compare ox, steerTopics Animalsc2
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Bullock is used before these nouns:
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Word Originlate Old English bulluc, diminutive of bula (recorded in place names), from Old Norse boli.

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