anoa

[ uh-noh-uh ]

noun

1. a small forest buffalo, Bubalus depressicornis, of the island of Sulawesi, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.

anoa

/ əˈnəʊə /

noun

1. the smallest of the cattle tribe Anoa depressicornis, having small straight horns and inhabiting the island of Celebes in Indonesia Compare tamarau

Word History and Origins

Origin of anoa¹

First recorded in 1840–50; from Indonesian Malay, from Makassarese anuang

Word History and Origins

Origin of anoa¹

from a native name in Celebes

Example Sentences

Those include the dwarf cuscus, a large-eyed marsupial; the anoa, a midget buffalo; the Sulawesi crested black macaque, locally known as yaki; and the babirusa, or deer-pig, which is renowned for its large tusks.

From New York Times

Plans to bring down the hunt and bring home the anoa bacon change; our hopes of getting it done will never alter.

From The New Yorker

The large horned animals scrawled on the walls are anoa, a species of water buffalo found only on Sulawesi.

From Washington Post

The panel is almost five metres wide and appears to show a type of buffalo called an anoa, plus wild pigs found on Sulawesi.

From BBC

The 4.5-metre-wide panel shows six fleeing mammals – two Sulawesi warty pigs and four dwarf buffaloes, known as anoas, small but fierce animals that still inhabit the island’s dwindling forests.

From The Guardian