| NOUN | animal | water ox, water buffalo, Asiatic buffalo, Bubalus bubalis | 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, Asiatic buffalo, Bubalus bubalis | |
| 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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