water buffalo

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noun

a buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, of the Old World tropics, having large, flattened, curved horns: wild populations are near extinction.

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Also called water ox.

Origin of water buffalo

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby water buffalo

water bouget, water boy, waterbrain, water brash, waterbuck, water buffalo, water bug, Waterbury, water-bus, water butt, water cannon

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How to use water buffalo in a sentence

Water buffalo are not a protected species in South America, where the picture was taken, and the big game hunt was entirely legal.
Prince Harry, Conservationist, Poses Over Body of Dead Water Buffalo He Just Shot|Tom Sykes|February 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The driver, who wore a mushroom-shaped bamboo hat, pulled the water buffalo to a stop.
Fil and Filippa|John Stuart Thomson
The water buffalo, who loves to wade through the flooded rice fields, easily pulls this bent stick, which plows up the mud.
Fil and Filippa|John Stuart Thomson
A score or more, they swarmed over him as a pack of African wild dogs swarms over a huge water-buffalo marked for the kill.
The Great Dome on Mercury|Arthur Leo Zagat

Among the fantastic stories told of snakes, water-buffalo, birds, and sharks are several that have obvious meaning.
Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate|Charles M. Skinner
Until you have seen the water-buffalo stripped for the fight, it is impossible to conceive how handsome the ugly brute can look.
In Court and Kampong|Hugh Clifford

British Dictionary definitions for water buffalo

water buffalo

water ox

noun

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 animalsAlso called: Asiatic buffalo, Indian buffalo, carabao

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