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beefalo |
the hybrid offspring of beef cattle and the American buffalo. |
bison |
a very large mammal with a large head, humped shoulders, and short curved horns. Bison used to roam the plains of North America in large herds, but they were hunted until they were almost extinct. North American bison are also called buffalo, but they are not related to the true buffalo of Africa and Asia. Bison have hooves and are closely related to cattle. Bison eat only plants and chew their cud. [1/2 definitions] |
buff1 |
a soft, thick, yellow leather made from the skin of a buffalo or ox. [1/4 definitions] |
buffalo |
a large mammal that has long legs, hooves, and horns, and that is closely related to cattle. Different kinds of buffaloes live in Africa or Asia. The North American bison is sometimes called a buffalo, but is not a true buffalo. |
Cape buffalo |
a large, fierce, black buffalo native to southern Africa whose horns form a helmetlike structure. |
carabao |
the water buffalo. |
cow1 |
the female of other large mammals such as buffalo, elephants, and whales. [1/2 definitions] |
hide2 |
the skin of one of the larger animals such as a buffalo or cow. |
Pan American Exposition |
a world's fair held in 1901 in Buffalo, New York, where the use of electricity was the highlight and at which U.S. President William McKinley was assassinated. |
Plains Indian |
a member of any of the buffalo-hunting, seminomadic North American Indian peoples that formerly inhabited the Great Plains. |
water buffalo |
a large buffalo with dark gray fur that lives mainly in the southern parts of Asia. Water buffalo have curved horns that can span six feet from one tip to the other. Water buffalo weigh up to one ton. They are very strong, and people often use them to pull heavy loads. |
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