Usually means: Tail meat from slaughtered cattle.
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  1. oxtail: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. oxtail: Merriam-Webster
  3. oxtail: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. oxtail: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. oxtail: Collins English Dictionary
  6. oxtail: Vocabulary.com
  7. Oxtail, oxtail: Wordnik
  8. oxtail: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. oxtail: Wiktionary
  10. oxtail: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. oxtail: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. oxtail: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. oxtail: Dictionary.com
  14. Oxtail: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. oxtail: Rhymezone
  16. oxtail: FreeDictionary.org
  17. oxtail: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. oxtail: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Epicurus.com Food Glossary (No longer online)

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noun:  The tail of an ox or cow.
noun:  A cut of meat taken from the tail of a cow or calf; it requires long, slow braising, and is used to prepare oxtail soup.

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