water buffalo

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 bomber, water bottle, water bouget, water boy, water brash, water buffalo, water bug, water butt, water cannon, water carrier, water chestnut

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Example sentences from the Web for water buffalo

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
The Kĕlantan man is, to the native of Pahang, what the water-buffalo is to a short-horn.
In Court and Kampong|Hugh Clifford
The most common beast of burden, however, is the carabao, or water-buffalo.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania |Jewett Castello Gilson
The domestic animals include the camel and the water-buffalo.
Myths and Legends of China|E. T. C. Werner

Cattle breeding in China was then reduced to the minimum of one cow or water-buffalo per farm for ploughing.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]|Wolfram Eberhard

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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