HyperDic: water_buffalo

English > 1 sense of the expression water buffalo:
NOUNanimalwater buffalo, water ox, Asiatic buffalo, Bubalus bubalisan Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal
English > water buffalo: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAn Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal.
Synonymswater ox, Asiatic buffalo, 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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