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buffalo
n 1: large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
[syn:
American bison,
American buffalo,
Bison bison]
2: a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls)
3: meat from an American bison
4: any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including,
e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo [syn:
Old World buffalo]
[also:
buffaloes (pl)]
buffalo
v : intimidate or overawe
[also:
buffaloes (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Buffaloes
Buffalo
\Buf"fa*lo\, n.; pl.
Buffaloes. [Sp. bufalo (cf. It.
bufalo, F. buffle), fr. L. bubalus, bufalus, a kind of
African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr.
Gr. ? buffalo, prob. fr. ? ox. See
Cow the animal, and cf.
Buff the color, and
Bubale.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A species of the genus
Bos or
Bubalus
(
Bubalus bubalus), originally from India, but now found
in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent.
It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is
fond of marshy places and rivers.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) A very large and savage species of the same
genus (
Syncerus Caffer syn.
Bubalus Caffer) found in
South Africa; -- called also
Cape buffalo.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of wild ox.
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4. (Zo["o]l.) The bison of North America.
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5. A buffalo robe. See
Buffalo robe, below.
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6. (Zo["o]l.) The buffalo fish. See
Buffalofish, below.
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Buffalo berry (Bot.), a shrub of the Upper Missouri
(
Sherherdia argentea) with acid edible red berries.
Buffalo bird (Zo["o]l.), an African bird of the genus
Buphaga, of two species. These birds perch upon
buffaloes and cattle, in search of parasites.
Buffalo bug, the carpet beetle. See under
Carpet.
Buffalo chips, dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for
fuel. [U.S.]
Buffalo clover (Bot.), a kind of clover (
Trifolium reflexum
and
Trifoliumsoloniferum) found in the ancient
grazing grounds of the American bison.
Buffalo cod (Zo["o]l.), a large, edible, marine fish
(
Ophiodon elongatus) of the northern Pacific coast; --
called also
blue cod, and
cultus cod.
Buffalo fly, or
Buffalo gnat (Zo["o]l.), a small
dipterous insect of the genus
Simulium, allied to the
black fly of the North. It is often extremely abundant in
the lower part of the Mississippi valley and does great
injury to domestic animals, often killing large numbers of
cattle and horses. In Europe the Columbatz fly is a
species with similar habits.
Buffalo grass (Bot.), a species of short, sweet grass
(
Buchlo["e] dactyloides), from two to four inches high,
covering the prairies on which the buffaloes, or bisons,
feed. [U.S.]
Buffalo nut (Bot.), the oily and drupelike fruit of an
American shrub (
Pyrularia oleifera); also, the shrub
itself; oilnut.
Buffalo robe, the skin of the bison of North America,
prepared with the hair on; -- much used as a lap robe in
sleighs.
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