timarau
Americannoun
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In the Philippines, you'll hunt timarau, which are a special breed of wild water buffalo.
From The Caves of Fear by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
The timarau is another small species of buffalo, very wild and entirely untamable; and, though numerous in certain places, is hard to find, and when brought to bay dies fighting.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles
On Mindoro the timarau, a small buffalo that lives in the jungle, has given rise to rumors of a fierce and destructive creature that carries a single horn on his head.
From Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate by Skinner, Charles M. (Charles Montgomery)
I'd like to take them to Mindoro Island, south of here, to hunt timarau.
From The Golden Skull by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
And they were prouder of the timarau heads in the study than of the Ifugao spears that had been thrown at them and brought back by Angel as souvenirs.
From The Golden Skull by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
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