water buffalo
a domesticated buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, of tropical Asia, having large, flattened, curved horns.
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.
Origin of water buffalo
1- Also called water ox.
Words Nearby water buffalo
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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 | THE DAILY BEASTThe driver, who wore a mushroom-shaped bamboo hat, pulled the water buffalo to a stop.
Fil and Filippa | John Stuart ThomsonThe 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 ThomsonA 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 ZagatAmong 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
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: Also called: Asiatic buffalo, Indian buffalo, carabao
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