water buffalo

[waw-ter buhf-uh-loh, wot-er]

noun

1. a domesticated buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, of tropical Asia, having large, flattened, curved horns.

2. a very large wild buffalo, Bubalus arnee, of the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia, having large, flattened, curved horns and frequenting swamps and rivers: currently endangered.

water buffalo

noun

1. Also called: Asiatic buffalo.  Indian buffalo.  carabao. a member of the cattle tribe, Bubalus bubalis, of swampy regions of S Asia, having widely spreading back-curving horns. Domesticated forms are used as draught animals

Word History and Origins

Origin of water buffalo¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

At one point, we learn, Osbourne drank four bottles of cognac a day; at other times he made do with a bottle of vodka chased by enough codeine to drop a water buffalo.

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In the waters of Wilpattu National Park in Sri Lanka, a water buffalo emerges from a swim, its head adorned with a garland of floating weeds.

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But you can also find cheese made with milk from other animals like sheep, goats and even water buffalo and yak.

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Therefore, Captain must go to battle for every line, especially since Nicos never wrote any for his Northern Vietnamese background characters, whom he compares to the docile water buffalo.

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It involved O'Brien getting on the back of a water buffalo, per the request of one of his producers.

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