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water buffalo

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water buffalo
n.
A large buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) of Asia, often domesticated especially as a draft animal and having large spreading horns. Also called carabao, water ox.
water buffalo
Noun
a large black oxlike draught animal of S Asia, with long backward-curving horns
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Noun1.water buffalowater buffalo - an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal
Asiatic buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, water ox
Old World buffalo, buffalo - any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo
Bubalus, genus Bubalus, tribe Bubalus - in some classification systems included in genus Bos; water buffaloes
Indian buffalo - upland buffalo of eastern Asia where true water buffaloes do not thrive; used for draft and milk
carabao - water buffalo of the Philippines


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