NOUN | animal | buffalo, American bison, American buffalo, Bison bison | large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains |
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location | Buffalo | a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls) | |
food | buffalo | meat from an American bison | |
animal | buffalo, Old World buffalo | any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo | |
VERB | emotion | buffalo | intimidate or overawe |
Sounds | bah'fahlow. | |
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Rhymes | afterglow ... yellow: 77 rhymes with low... |
Meaning | large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains. | |
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Synonyms | American bison, American buffalo, Bison bison | |
Member of | genus Bison | sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos |
Parts | buffalo | meat from an American bison |
Broader | bison | Any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns |
Spanish | bisonte americano, bisonte, búfalo | |
Catalan | bisó americà, bisó, Bison bison, búfal | |
Adjectives | bubaline | relating to or resembling a buffalo / buffalo |
Meaning | A city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls). | |
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Instance of | city, metropolis, urban center | A large and densely populated urban area |
Part of | New York, New York State, Empire State, NY, N.Y. | A Mid-Atlantic state |
Spanish | Búfalo, Buffalo | |
Catalan | Buffalo |
Meaning | meat from an American bison. | |
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Part of | American bison, American buffalo, buffalo, Bison bison | large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains |
Broader | game | The flesh of wild animals that is used for food |
Spanish | búfalo, carne de búfalo | |
Catalan | búfal, carn de búfal |
Meaning | Any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo. | |
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Synonym | Old World buffalo | |
Member of | Bovidae, family Bovidae | true antelopes |
Narrower | Cape buffalo, Synercus caffer | large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns |
anoa, dwarf buffalo, Anoa depressicornis | small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns | |
tamarau, tamarao, Bubalus mindorensis, Anoa mindorensis | small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines | |
water buffalo, water ox, Asiatic buffalo, Bubalus bubalis | An Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal | |
Broader | bovid | hollow-horned ruminants |
Spanish | búfalo | |
Catalan | búfal |
Meaning | intimidate or overawe. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | Sam cannot buffalo Sue | |
Broader | overawe, cow | subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe |
Spanish | infundir temor |
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