buffalo
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1.7
- noun
- /ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ/
- US
:
bisonte
- The buffalo herds have been destroyed.
- buffalo hunt
And it's fascinating because there were millions and millions of Buffalo in the American West.
- And it's fascinating because there were millions and millions of Buffalo in the American West.
- So I made his coat Buffalo to represent the Great Plains.
Examples
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The buffalo are getting scarce.
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Long Chase's warrior friends told him that a small buffalo herd had been spotted thirty miles to the north.
Fiction book (1994) -
Several times he saw the bones of buffalo that had not been there before.
Fiction book (1995) -
You killed the buffalo, so the Burrowers found other food.
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North Dakota Governor Edward Schafer sees buffalo production and buffalo tourism as vital to the state's growth.
Academic text (1999) -
The giant bull, followed by dozens of bellowing buffalo, changed course and headed straight for the downed youth.
Fiction book (1994) -
People to the north who traded beautiful fine pots and cotton blankets for buffalo hides or deerskins.
Fiction book (1995) -
We will give them baskets and pottery; buffalo skins and deerskins.
Fiction book (1995) -
Nearby, where the Nemeha River flowed into the Missouri, men dipped buffalo-hide pouches into the lesser river.
Fiction book (1994) -
The buffalo roamed freely across the plains, showcasing its massive size and shaggy fur.
Synonyms
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3.9
A large wild animal like a cow with a humped back, thick fur, and short horns
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3.3
A large shaggy brown animal that lives on the North American plains
A large, shaggy brown bison that lives on the North American plains
A large brown wild animal with thick fur that lives on North American plains
Compounds
A traveling American show from the 1880s that showed horse riding, shooting and frontier life
- South African
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6.8
A large wild animal from Africa with thick curved horns that can be dangerous
A large freshwater fish with a thick body and wide mouth that lives in the lower Mississippi River basin
A small beetle with black, red and white marks that eats carpets and other fabric
A plant with three small round leaves that grows in grasslands and can be poisonous to farm animals
- Specialized
A shrub that attaches to hemlock roots and has small green flowers and soft fruits
- Specialized
A large, shaggy brown bison that lives on the North American plains
- Indian
Large wild animals like the water buffalo or Cape buffalo that live in Africa and Asia
Surface Forms
Etymology
Buffalo comes from an old word bubalus that meant 'wild ox' or big cattle, so early European settlers used it for the shaggy North American bison. That's why the animal and its meat are often called 'buffalo' today.