Does anyone else get annoyed when people refer to apes as monkeys or peahens as female peacocks?

[Dassie rat]

Isn't the word 'ox' non-gender specific?

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Isn't the word 'ox' non-gender specific?

As I said above, it used to be - but now is generally confined to a castrated bullock used for labour.

 

[Tetzoo Quizzer]

If Ox is non-gender specific, would the best male term be “bull-ox”?

 

[Chlidonias]

If Ox is non-gender specific, would the best male term be “bull-ox”?

That sounds like nonsense.

 

[Pootle]

That sounds like nonsense.

yeah - A right load of bullox....