buffalo
buf·falo [buffalo buffaloes] BrE [ˈbʌfələʊ] NAmE [ˈbʌfəloʊ] noun (pl. buf·faloor buf·faloes) 1. a large animal of the cow family. There are two types of buffalo, the African and the Asian, which has wide, curved horns. see also ↑water buffalo 2. = ↑bison Word Origin: mid 16th cent.: probably from Portuguese bufalo, from late Latin bufalus, from earlier bubalus, from Greek boubalos ‘antelope, wild ox’.
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