cattalo
Americannoun
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cattaloes,
plural
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cattalos
plural
noun
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Origin of cattalo
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The bison were introduced to the area in the early 1990s as part of a ranching operation to crossbreed them with cattle, creating hybrids known as beefalo or cattalo.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2014
The experts were finally sure that they had taken the cattalo out of the mule's biological dead end.
From Time Magazine Archive
Today's cattalo looks more like a bull than a buffalo, but it has inherited the buffalo's robust qualities.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were true cattalo, not hybrids but a distinctive breed.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cattalo took the hardiness of the buffalo, and never required artificial food or shelter.
From The Last of the Plainsmen by Zane Grey
The resultant "cattaloes" grew up thick-hided, long-haired, with all the hardiness of buffaloes and most of the meat of cattle.
From Time Magazine Archive
First generation cattalos looked like king-sized cattle with a marked shoulder hump.
From Time Magazine Archive
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