buffalo

  • 61buffalo — UK [ˈbʌfələʊ] / US [ˈbʌfəloʊ] noun [countable] Word forms buffalo : singular buffalo plural buffaloes a) a large African animal similar to a cow, with curved horns b) a large wild animal like a cow with a large head and thick hair on its neck and …

    English dictionary

  • 62buffalo — /ˈbʌfəloʊ / (say bufuhloh) noun (plural buffaloes or buffalos, buffalo) 1. any of several species of bovine mammals native to parts of Asia and Africa, as the water buffalo, the Cape buffalo, the anoa, and the tamarau. 2. (popularly) a bison.… …

  • 63buffalo — [16] English probably acquired buffalo from Portuguese bufalo, originally naming the ‘water buffalo’, Bubalis bubalis, a large oxlike animal of Asia and Africa, and subsequently extended to the ‘Cape buffalo’ of South Africa, Syncerus caffer. The …

    Word origins

  • 64buffalo — n. a herd of buffalo * * * [ bʌfələʊ] a herd of buffalo …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 65buffalo — buf|fa|lo [ˈbʌfələu US lou] n plural buffaloes or buffalo 1.) an African animal similar to a large cow with long curved horns →↑water buffalo 2.) a ↑bison …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 66buffalo — noun plural buffalos, buffaloes or buffalo (C) 1 an African animal similar to a large cow with long curved horns see also: water buffalo 2 a bison …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 67buffalo — buf•fa•lo [[t]ˈbʌf əˌloʊ[/t]] n. pl. loes, los, (esp. collectively) lo, 1) mam any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae, as the bison or water buffalo 2) ich a buffalofish 3) to puzzle or baffle; confuse 4) to intimidate by a display… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 68buffalo — bizonas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Bison bison angl. American bison; bison; buffalo; North American buffalo vok. Bison rus. аменриканский бизон; бизон pranc. bison; bison américain; bison… …

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  • 69buffalo — noun Buffalo is used before these nouns: ↑hide, ↑horn …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 70buffalo — Synonyms and related words: Brahman, Indian buffalo, addle, amaze, aurochs, baffle, balk, bamboozle, beat, beef, beef cattle, beeves, bilk, bison, boggle, bossy, bovine, bovine animal, bull, bullock, calf, carabao, cattle, circumvent, confound,… …

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