Buf·fa·lo (b f  -l  ) A city of western New York at the eastern end of Lake Erie on the Canadian border. It is a major Great Lakes port of entry and an important manufacturing and milling center. Population: 276,000. Buf fa·loni·an adj. & n. |
| buf·fa·lo (bf-l) n. pl. buffalo or buf·fa·loes or buf·fa·los 1. a. Any of several oxlike Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the water buffalo and African buffalo. b. The North American bison, Bison bison. 2. The buffalo fish. tr.v. buf·fa·loed, buf·fa·lo·ing, buf·fa·loes 1. To intimidate, as by a display of confidence or authority: "The board couldn't buffalo the federal courts as it had the Comptroller" (American Banker). 2. To deceive; hoodwink: "Too often . . . job seekers have buffaloed lenders as to their competency and training" (H. Jane Lehman). 3. To confuse; bewilder. [Italian bufalo or Portuguese or Spanish búfalo, from Late Latin b  falus, from Latin bbalus, antelope, buffalo, from Greek boubalos, perhaps from bous, cow; see gwou- in Indo-European roots.]Word History: The buffalo is so closely associated with the Wild West that one might assume that its name comes from a Native American word, as is the case with the words moose and skunk. In fact, however, buffalo can probably be traced back by way of one or more of the Romance languages through Late and Classical Latin and ultimately to the Greek word boubalos, meaning "an antelope or a buffalo." The buffalo referred to by the Greek and Latin words was of course not the American one but an Old World mammal, such as the water buffalo of southern Asia. Applied to the North American mammal, buffalo is a misnomer, bison being the preferred term. As far as everyday usage is concerned, however, buffalo, first recorded for the American mammal in 1635, is older than bison, first recorded in 1774. |
buffalo [ˈbʌfəˌləʊ]
n pl -loes, -lo
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called Cape buffalo a member of the cattle tribe, Syncerus caffer, mostly found in game reserves in southern and eastern Africa and having upward-curving horns
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) short for water buffalo
vb (tr) US and Canadian informal
1. (often passive) to confuse
2. to intimidate
[from Italian bufalo, from Late Latin būfalus, alteration of Latin būbalus; see bubal]
Buffalo [ˈbʌfəˌləʊ]
n
(Placename) a port in W New York State, at the E end of Lake Erie. Pop.: 292 648 (2000)
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  buffalo - large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plainsgenus Bison - sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo bison - any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns buffalo - meat from an American bison |
| 2. | Buffalo - a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls) | |
| 3. | buffalo - meat from an American bison American bison, American buffalo, Bison bison, buffalo - large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains game - the flesh of wild animals that is used for food | |
| 4. | buffalo - any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo Bovidae, family Bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats bovid - hollow-horned ruminants Asiatic buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, water buffalo, water ox - an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal Anoa mindorensis, Bubalus mindorensis, tamarao, tamarau - small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines Cape buffalo, Synercus caffer - large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns; mostly in game reserves | |
| Verb | 1. | buffalo - intimidate or overawe |
buffalo noun
Related words
collective noun herd
collective noun herd
Translations
buffalo
n pl <-es>, collective pl <-> → Büffel m
buffalo [ˈbʌfələʊ] n (buffaloes (pl)) (wild ox) → bufalo/a (esp Am) (bison) → bisonte m
buffalo [ˈbʌfələʊ] n (buffaloes (pl)) (wild ox) → bufalo/a (esp Am) (bison) → bisonte m
buffalo [ˈbʌfələʊ] n (buffaloes (pl)) (wild ox) → bufalo/a (esp Am) (bison) → bisonte m
n buffalo [ˈbafələu]
1 a large kind of ox, especially the Asian and African varieties. buffel جاموس، ثَوْر бивол buvol bøffel der Büffel βούβαλος búfalo pühvel بوفالو puhveli buffle תְאוֹ भैंसा bivol bivaly kerbau bufalo 水牛 물소, 들소 buivolas bifelis kerbau buffel bøffel bawół búfalo bivol буйвол byvol bivol bizon buffel ควาย sığır (尤指亞洲或非洲的)水牛 буйвіл بھینس con trâu 水牛
2 the American variety of ox; the bison. bison ثَوْر امريكي бизон bizon bisonokse der Bison βίσονας búfalo piison گاومیش آمریکایی biisoni bison בִּיזוֹן अमेरिकी भैंस bizon bölény bison bisonte 野牛 버팔로 bizonas bizons bison bizon bisonokse bizon búfalo bizon бизон bizón bizon bizon bisonoxe ควาย; กระทิง bizon (美洲的)野牛 американський бізон بھینسا bò Châu Mỹ 野牛
Buffalo → جاموسة buvol bøffel Büffel βούβαλος búfalo puhveli buffle bivol bufalo 水牛 버팔로 bizon bøffel bawół búfalo буйвол buffel กระบือ manda con trâu 水牛
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