noun / verb
buffalo
BUF-uh-loh/ˈbʌfələʊ/
A large, powerful bovine animal.
The buffalo stands on prairie grass, its shaggy head beneath a prominent shoulder hump.
Etymology
Greek boubalos first named an African antelope, then a kind of domesticated ox. The animal name was later extended to the American bison; its deeper origin is uncertain.
In context
Even the buffalo were really a species of bison.
More examples
- The American buffalo is more precisely called a bison.
- The herd of buffaloes moved slowly across the grassland.
- His blustering manner failed to buffalo the experienced negotiator.
Forms
buffalo · buffaloes · buffalos · buffaloed · buffaloing
Similar words
- bison
- The precise name for the American animal commonly called a buffalo.