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Definition of Buffalo

1. Noun. Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains.

2. Verb. Intimidate or overawe. "Sam cannot buffalo Sue "

3. Noun. A city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls).

4. Noun. Meat from an American bison.

5. Noun. Any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo.

Definition of Buffalo

1. n. A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers.

Definition of Buffalo

1. an ox-like animal [n -LOES or -LOS] / to intimidate [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: intimidate

Medical Definition of Buffalo

1. Origin: Sp. Bufalo (cf. It. Bufalo, F. Buffle), fr. L. Bubalus, bufalus, a kind of African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr. Gr. Buffalo, prob. Fr. Ox. See Cow the animal, and cf. Buff the colour, and Bubale. 1. A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. Bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers. 2. A very large and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer) found in South Africa; called also Cape buffalo. 3. Any species of wild ox. 4. The bison of North America. 5. A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below. 6. The buffalo fish. See Buffalo fish, below. Buffalo berry, the oily and drupelike fruit of an American shrub (Pyrularia oleifera); also, the shrub itself; oilnut. Buffalo robe, the skin of the bison of North America, prepared with the hair on; much used as a lap robe in sleighs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buffalo

bufadienolide bufadienolides (two double bonds) bufagenins bufagins bufanolide bufanolides bufatrienolide bufenolide bufenolides (one double bond) bufexamac

buff buff buffa buffable buffalo (current term) buffalo (current term) buffaloberries buffaloberry buffaloed buffaloes

buffaloes buffalofish buffalofishes buffaloing buffalos Buffalo Bill Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Buffalo Bill Cody buffalo bur buffalo carpet beetle

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