American buffalo
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of American buffalo
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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At the end of the 18th century, according to modern estimates, the American buffalo population numbered around 60 million, with herds roaming freely across North America.
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2023
By nightfall, the last of the American buffalo shipped from Badlands were being unloaded at the Rosebud reservation, where Heinert also lives.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2022
As the disk of the sun slowly emerges, I can make out small black silhouettes grazing in the distance: herds of American buffalo and Przewalski’s horses.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2015
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
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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