búfalo

Definitions of búfalo
  1. noun
    any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo
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    búfalo de agua
    an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal
    tamarao
    small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines
    búfalo africano
    large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns; mostly in game reserves
    carabao
    water buffalo of the Philippines
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    bóvido
    hollow-horned ruminants
  2. noun
    large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
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    bisonte
    any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns
  3. noun
    meat from an American bison
    synonyms: carne de búfalo
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