Bubalus bubalis
- noun
- Specialized
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Bubalus bubalis
- Many villages depend on the Bubalus bubalis for milk, meat, and as a working animal.
Examples
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The Bubalus bubalis is widely used in Southeast Asia for plowing flooded rice fields.
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Researchers are studying the genetic traits of Bubalus bubalis to improve disease resistance.
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The Bubalus bubalis is often found in rural areas of Asia.
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Farmers rely on the Bubalus bubalis for plowing their fields.
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Many villages depend on the Bubalus bubalis for milk, meat, and as a working animal.
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The Bubalus bubalis is widely used in Southeast Asia for plowing flooded rice fields.
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Farmers rely on the Bubalus bubalis to help till and cultivate their crops.
Synonyms
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A large farm animal like a cow that works in wet, muddy fields
A large Asian farm animal like a cow that people use to pull plows
A large Asian animal like a buffalo used for pulling heavy loads
Surface Forms
Morphology
Bubalus + bubalis
This is a Latin binomial (scientific) name rather than a compositional English phrase, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent tokens would not be able to derive the common meaning 'domestic water buffalo'. One constituent here lacks a dictionary definition and taxonomic names do not follow ordinary English compositional patterns or cross-linguistic analogues that would make the referent predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Bubalus bubalis may come from an old Greek word for 'ox' or 'wild ox', and the two parts Bubalus and bubalis repeat that picture. So this 'scientific name' points to the large, ox-like water buffalo used for milk, meat, and as a working animal.