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Cox

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Noun

1. cox, cyclooxygenase

either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin

2. cox, coxswain

the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew

Verb

3. cox

act as the coxswain, in a boat race

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cox

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noun
1. 
a coxswain, esp of a racing eight or four
verb
2. 
to act as coxswain of (a boat)
noun
1. 
Brian (Edward). born 1968, English physicist, educator, and broadcaster; noted esp for his TV programmes on physics and astronomy
2. 
David. 1783–1859, English landscape painter

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Cox

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nounWord forms: plural ˈcoxes
1. 
coxswain (sense 2)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
2. 
to be a coxswain for (a boat or crew, esp. a racing shell or its crew)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cox

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n.
A coxswain.
intr. & tr.v. coxed, cox·ing, cox·es
To act as coxswain or serve as coxswain for.

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