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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’.

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   noun [ C ] uk / ˈbʌf ə ləʊ / us plural buffaloes | buffalo. Add to word list. a large, wild animal, like a cow with horns: a herd of wild buffalo. (Definition of buffalo from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of buffalo. in Chinese (Traditional) 水牛, 野牛… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 水牛, 野牛… See more.

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   Factsheet. What does the noun buffalo mean? There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun buffalo. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. buffalo has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. animals (late 1500s) fish (late 1700s) costume (1840s) textiles (1870s) Entry status.

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   buffalo / ˈbʌfəˌləʊ / n (pl-loes, -lo) Also called: Cape buffalo a member of the cattle tribe, Syncerus caffer, mostly found in game reserves in southern and eastern Africa and having upward-curving horns; short for water buffalo; Etymology: 16 th Century: from Italian bufalo, from Late Latin būfalus, alteration of Latin būbalus; see bubal

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   Buffalo definition, any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. See more.

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   Britannica Dictionary definition of BUFFALO [count] 1 . US: bison. 2 : water buffalo. ASK THE EDITOR What does the phrase "for the rest of the day" mean?

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   buffalo meaning, definition, what is buffalo: an African animal similar to a large cow...: Learn more.

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   See synonyms for buffalo on Thesaurus.com noun, plural buf·fa·loes, buf·fa·los, ( especially collectively ) buf·fa·lo. any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae.