buffalo
noun/ˈbʌfələʊ/
/ˈbʌfələʊ/
(plural buffalo, buffaloes)
- a large animal of the cow family that has wide, curved horns. There are two types of buffalo, the African and the Asian. see also water buffaloTopics Animalsc2
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- a North American bison (= a large wild animal of the cow family that is covered with hair)Topics Animalsc2
Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably from Portuguese bufalo, from late Latin bufalus, from earlier bubalus, from Greek boubalos ‘antelope, wild ox’.
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