American buffalo
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of American buffalo
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Reaching over a barbed wire fence, he scattered the leaves onto the pasture where a growing herd of bison — popularly known as American buffalo — grazed in northeastern Oklahoma.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
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
In days gone by the American buffalo, or bison, roamed nearly the entire length and breadth of North America.
From On the Trail of Pontiac by Stratemeyer, Edward
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