HyperDic: asiatic_buffalo

English > 1 sense of the expression Asiatic buffalo:
NOUNanimalAsiatic buffalo, water buffalo, water ox, Bubalus bubalisan Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal
English > Asiatic buffalo: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAn Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal.
Synonymswater buffalo, water ox, Bubalus bubalis
Member ofBubalus, genus Bubalus, tribe BubalusIn some classification systems included in genus Bos
NarrowerIndian buffaloupland buffalo of eastern Asia where true water buffaloes do not thrive
carabaowater buffalo of the Philippines
BroaderOld World buffalo, buffaloAny of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo
Spanishbúfalo de agua
Catalanbúfal indi

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