anoa

American  

[uh-noh-uh] / əˈnoʊ ə /

noun

1. a small forest buffalo, Bubalus depressicornis, of the island of Sulawesi, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.

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anoa British  

/ əˈnəʊə /

noun

1. the smallest of the cattle tribe Anoa depressicornis, having small straight horns and inhabiting the island of Celebes in Indonesia Compare tamarau

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Etymology

Origin of anoa

First recorded in 1840–50; from Indonesian Malay, from Makassarese anuang

Example Sentences

Those include the dwarf cuscus, a large-eyed marsupial; the anoa, a midget buffalo; the Sulawesi crested black macaque, locally known as yaki; and the babirusa, or deer-pig, which is renowned for its large tusks.

From New York Times

Plans to bring down the hunt and bring home the anoa bacon change; our hopes of getting it done will never alter.

From The New Yorker

The large horned animals scrawled on the walls are anoa, a species of water buffalo found only on Sulawesi.

From Washington Post

The panel is almost five metres wide and appears to show a type of buffalo called an anoa, plus wild pigs found on Sulawesi.

From BBC

The 4.5-metre-wide panel shows six fleeing mammals – two Sulawesi warty pigs and four dwarf buffaloes, known as anoas, small but fierce animals that still inhabit the island’s dwindling forests.

From The Guardian