Indian buffalo
- noun
- Indian
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búfalo indio
- The Indian buffalo is valued for its ability to work in hilly terrains where water buffaloes struggle.
Examples
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Many dairy farmers in the region depend on the milk produced by the Indian buffalo.
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Unlike the water buffalo, the Indian buffalo is more suited for upland agricultural tasks.
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The Indian buffalo is known for its strength.
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Farmers in India often rely on Indian buffaloes for work.
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Many dairy farmers in the region depend on the milk produced by the Indian buffalo.
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The Indian buffalo is valued for its ability to work in hilly terrains where water buffaloes struggle.
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Unlike the water buffalo, the Indian buffalo is more suited for upland agricultural tasks.
Synonyms
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A large farm animal like a cow that works in wet, muddy fields
A large Asian water buffalo that people use for plowing fields and for milk and meat
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
Large wild animals like the water buffalo or Cape buffalo that live in Africa and Asia
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjectival modification: 'Indian' specifies the origin of the noun 'buffalo', so a learner who knows both words will infer it means a buffalo from India or the Indian region. Although precise taxonomic details (upland vs. water buffalo types) require specialist knowledge, the basic referential meaning is directly compositional and immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Indian buffalo comes from the simple picture of a buffalo found in India, joining Indian as the place and buffalo as the animal. Because farmers used this strong animal for work and milk in hilly areas, the name came to mean 'a buffalo from India used for work and milk'.