American buffalo
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of American buffalo
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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The wildlife service has compared lake sturgeon losses to the mass destruction of the American buffalo.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024
Yet at the time, most people assumed that "species were static and enduring," Nijhuis writes, and those who did catch wind of the fall of the American buffalo mostly responded with a shrug.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2021
A series of semiabstract paintings on paper by Gary Panter — the underground comic artist and designer for the TV show “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” — pertain to the extinction of the American buffalo.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2014
Their real plan was to bring back the American buffalo, or ship Chile’s water to Africa.
From BusinessWeek • Apr. 17, 2014
The so-called American buffalo is really a 'bison.'
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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