NOUN | animal | Bubalus bubalis, water buffalo, water ox, Asiatic buffalo | an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal |
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Meaning | An Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal. | |
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Synonyms | water buffalo, water ox, Asiatic buffalo | |
Member of | Bubalus, genus Bubalus, tribe Bubalus | In some classification systems included in genus Bos |
Narrower | Indian buffalo | upland buffalo of eastern Asia where true water buffaloes do not thrive |
carabao | water buffalo of the Philippines | |
Broader | Old World buffalo, buffalo | Any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo |
Spanish | búfalo de agua | |
Catalan | búfal indi |
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