water buffalo

[ waw-ter buhf-uh-loh, wot-er ]

noun
  1. a domesticated buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, of tropical Asia, having large, flattened, curved horns.

  2. 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
First recorded in 1885–90

Words Nearby water buffalo

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How to use water buffalo in a sentence

  • 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

noun
  1. 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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