old_world_buffalo (HyperDic hyper-dictionary) (English)

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English 1 sense of the expression *Old World buffalo*:
NOUN	animal	Old World buffalo, buffalo	any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo

EnglishOld World buffalo: 1 sense noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo.
Synonym	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

HyperDicEnglishOLD W ... Old World buffalo