HyperDic: old_world_buffalo

English > 1 sense of the expression Old World buffalo:
NOUNanimalOld World buffalo, buffaloany of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo
English > Old World buffalo: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo.
Synonymbuffalo
Member ofBovidae, family Bovidaetrue antelopes
NarrowerCape buffalo, Synercus cafferlarge often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns
anoa, dwarf buffalo, Anoa depressicornissmall buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns
tamarau, tamarao, Bubalus mindorensis, Anoa mindorensissmall buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines
water buffalo, water ox, Asiatic buffalo, Bubalus bubalisAn Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal
Broaderbovidhollow-horned ruminants
Spanishbúfalo
Catalanbúfal

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