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Bubalus

noun

in some classification systems included in genus Bos; water buffaloes

• Syn: ↑genus Bubalus, ↑tribe Bubalus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bovidae, ↑family Bovidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑water buffalo, ↑water ox, ↑Asiatic buffalo, ↑Bubalus bubalis, ↑tamarau, ↑tamarao, ↑Bubalus mindorensis, ↑Anoa mindorensis

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\\ˈbyübələs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from LGK boubalos buffalo, from Greek, an African antelope, probably from bous head of cattle — more at cow

: a genus of Bovidae comprising the nearly hairless mud-wallowing buffaloes of Asia, certain large extinct relatives, and in some classifications the buffaloes of Africa

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Būˈbalus noun

The Asian buffalo genus

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Main Entry: ↑bubalis

Useful english dictionary. 2012.