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   Buf·fa·lo

   /ˈbəf(ə)ˌlō/

   

   noun

   • 1. a heavily built wild ox with backswept horns, found mainly in the Old World tropics.
   • 2. the North American bison.
   • 3. a large grayish-olive freshwater fish with thick lips, common in North America.

   verb

   • 1. overawe or intimidate (someone): informal North American "she didn't like being buffaloed"
   • ▪ baffle (someone): informal North American "the problem has buffaloed the advertising staff"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: probably from Portuguese bufalo, from late Latin bufalus, from earlier bubalus, from Greek boubalos ‘antelope, wild ox’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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