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banteng

[ ban-teng ]

noun

, plural ban·tengs, (especially collectively) ban·ting.
  1. a wild ox, Bos banteng ( javanicus ), of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, resembling the domestic cow: now greatly reduced in number.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of banteng1

< Indonesian Malay banténg < Javanese banṭéng

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