1º_ It is a variant of the cry "os", "oss" , "oxe" that was used to scare the birds and start a hunt. The voice became popular and ended up being used to cast any animal, or as an interjection in general. See oxear . 2º_ 'OX' is an object-oriented programming language developed by Jurgen Doornik for statistical and mathematical applications. 3rd_ 'Ox' is used as an abbreviation for "oxalate". 4º_ 'Ox' is the name of a mountain range on the west coast of the Republic of Ireland. 5º_ 'Ox' was the name of a former French commune in the Haute-Garonne. 6º_ Name or nik of varied characters, of films, songs, commercial products, some geographical places that escaped me, . . . 7º_ And for some dictionary error, see also English/ox ("bovid") .