buffalo

تعريف buffalo في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.: A city in New York State, very near Niagara Falls; To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate; A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison; Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape Buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Buabalus bubalis; To pistol-whip; The buffalo fish; To hunt buffalo; A buffalo robe; {n} an animal, a kind of wild ox or bull; a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls); {i} any of several wild oxen, bison; See Buffalo fish, below; bubalus, originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent; large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains; See Buffalo robe, below; Leather made from the hides of domesticated water buffalo from the Far East, not from the American bison; meat from an American bison; Early ripening (3-5 weeks before Concord) variety derived from Herbert and Watkins varieties by NY's Geneva Research Station in 1938 Once found extensively planted in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada Moderately winter hardy, with good growth vigor, it ripens in late September and can produce very sweet, blue slipskin fruit At last report has been almost entirely uprooted and replaced by other varieties except where used for tablegrape and juice production; Caffer found in South Africa; called also Cape buffalo; A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa. a port at the northeast end of Lake Erie near Niagara Falls in the state of New York, in the US. City (pop., 2000: 292,648), western New York, U.S. Located at the northeastern point of Lake Erie on the Niagara River, it is the terminus of the New York State Barge Canal. Settled by American Indians in 1780, the site was laid out as a town at the beginning of the 19th century. It was a military post in the War of 1812 and was burned by the British. Rebuilt in 1814-15, it became the western terminus of the Erie Canal, which brought an economic boom to the community. A major port on the St. Lawrence Seaway and the main U.S. gateway to Ontario's Toronto-Hamilton industrial region, it processes much of U.S.-Canadian trade. It is also an educational and medical research centre. Any member of several bovid species, including the massive water buffalo and Cape buffalo. The name is often applied to the American bison. The anoa (Anoa depressicornis) is a tiny, dark-brown buffalo of the dense, mature forests of Sulawesi. A shy animal, it stands 2.5-3 ft (0.75-1 m) at the shoulder and has straight, sharp-tipped horns. It is hunted for food, hides, and horns. A slightly larger species, the tamarau (A. mindorensis), inhabits the Philippine island of Mindoro. Exceedingly shy and wild, its numbers have been greatly reduced. buffalo soldier Cape buffalo Buffalo Bill water buffalo Indian buffalo Wood Buffalo National Park; Any species of wild ox; A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus B; any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e g , water buffalo; Cape buffalo; meat from an American bison a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls) intimidate or overawe; placing a bet on each of the Hard way and Any Seven; intimidate or overawe; It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers; {f} baffle, confuse; A very large and savage species of the same genus B; The bison of North America
buffalo fish: Any of several North American freshwater sucker fishes of the genus Ictiobus, similar to carp but having a humped back
buffalo grass: Either of two distinct species of grass: Hierochloe odorata, family Poaceae, better known as sweetgrass; or Buchloe dactyloides, used in place of regular lawngrass
buffalo jump: A cliff over which buffalo were herded as a means of hunting them
buffalo jumps: plural form of buffalo jump
buffalo robe: A cured bison hide, with the hair left on, used as a blanket or wrap
1920 The snow was too thick and the ruts frozen too hard for the motor. They drove out in a clumsy high carriage. Tucked over them was a blue woolen cover, prickly to her wrists, and outside of it a buffalo robe, humble and moth-eaten now, used ever since the bison herds had streaked the prairie a few miles to the west. — Lewis Sinclair,.
buffalo robes: plural form of buffalo robe
buffalo soldier: An African-American soldier in the US Army, serving in one of a number of segregated units under white officers, in the period after the US Civil War up to the final racial integration of the US military, at the end of the Korean War
buffalo soldiers: plural form of buffalo soldier
buffalo wing: A snack made of a cooked chicken wing with spicy sauce
buffalo wings: plural form of buffalo wing
buffalo-skin: Made from buffalo leather or hide
buffalo-skin: An article of clothing manufactured from buffalo-skin. Often constructed in the plural
buffalo-skin: Leather made from buffalo hide
buffalo-skin: The hide, whether tanned or not, of one buffalo
Buffalo Chopper: The origin of the name of the Buffalo Chopper food processing machine is in doubt. While some people claim its name is derived from its shape, others claim that the first machines were used in Buffalo, New York. Still, other people say that the Buffalo Chopper got its name because it was used originally to process tougher meats, and buffalo certainly falls into that category. While the origin cannot be authenticated, the use of the Buffalo Chopper is widespread today
Buffalo Bill: See William Frederick Cody. a scout (=a soldier sent out to get information about the enemy) for the US army, who was also a buffalo hunter. After leaving the army, he organized the 'Wild West Show', in which he and people such as Annie Oakley and Sitting Bull showed their skill at shooting and horse-riding, and tried to give people an idea of what life was like in the American West. Buffalo Bill's real name was William Cody (1846-1917)
Buffalo Grove: A village of northeast Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Population: 36,427
Buffalo wing: A fried chicken wing served with hot sauce and blue cheese dressing
buffalo bur: North American nightshade with prickly foliage and racemose yellow flowers
buffalo carpet beetle: a small black and red and white carpet beetle
buffalo clover: clover of western United States
buffalo fish: any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley
buffalo fish: Any of several suckers of the genus Ictiobus, having a humped back and found mostly in the Mississippi Valley
buffalo grass: A mat-forming perennial grass (Buchloe dactyloides) native to the plains of central North America, important as a forage grass and sometimes used for lawns
buffalo grass: short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam)
buffalo nut: oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood
buffalo plaid: A plaid with large squares of two different colors, especially red and black
buffalo robe: The dressed skin of the North American bison, used as a lap robe, cape, or blanket
buffalo soldier: A member of one of the African-American regiments within the U.S. Army after the Civil War, serving primarily in the Indian wars of the late 1860s. Nickname given to members of African American cavalry regiments of the U.S. Army who served in the western U.S. (1867-96). An 1866 law authorized the army to form cavalry and infantry regiments of African American men under the command of white officers; the result was the 9th and 10th cavalries and the 38th through 41st infantries. The primary mission of the cavalry regiments was to control Indians on the western frontier (the nickname "buffalo" was given by the Indians). The soldiers took part in almost 200 engagements. Noted for their courage and discipline, they had the army's lowest desertion and court-martial rates. One of the 10th Cavalry's officers was John Pershing, whose nickname "Black Jack" reflected his advocacy on behalf of African American troops
buffalo soldier: black soldiers in the U.S. Army who fought against the Indians in the West between 1867 and 1896 (Informal)
buffalo wing: crisp spicy chicken wings
African buffalo: A large African bovid, Syncerus caffer
Cape buffalo: A large African bovid, Syncerus caffer
water buffalo: A water tank mounted on a trailer to be towed by a motor vehicle
water buffalo: A large ungulate, widely used as a domestic animal in Asia, South America. North Africa and Europe
water-buffalo: Attributive form of water buffalo
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water buffalo: A large buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) of Asia, often domesticated especially as a draft animal and having large spreading horns. Also called carabao, water ox
African buffalo: A large, often fierce buffalo (Syncerus caffer) of central Africa, having massive, downward curving horns. Also called Cape buffalo
Cape buffalo: Massive, black, horned buffalo (Syncerus caffer), formerly found throughout sub-Saharan Africa but now greatly reduced in number by disease and hunting. It is a gregarious animal of open or scrub-covered plains and open forests. When wounded, it is regarded as one of the most dangerous animals. It stands up to 5 ft (1.5 m) tall at the shoulder, and bulls can weigh almost a ton (about 900 kg). Its heavy horns typically curve downward, then up and inward. A smaller subspecies is found in dense West African forests
The buffalo: buffle
Wood Buffalo National Park: Park, western Canada. Situated between Athabasca and Great Slave lakes, it was established in 1922; it occupies an area of 17,300 sq mi (44,807 sq km). The world's largest park, it is a vast region of forests and plains, crossed by the Peace River and dotted with lakes. The habitat of the largest remaining herd of wood buffalo (bison) on the North American continent, as well as of bear, caribou, moose, and beaver, it also provides nesting grounds for the endangered whooping crane
black buffalo: fish of the lower Mississippi
buffaloes: plural of buffalo
buffalos: plural of buffalo
cape buffalo: large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns; mostly in game reserves
indian buffalo: upland buffalo of eastern Asia where true water buffaloes do not thrive; used for draft and milk
old world buffalo: water buffalo; Cape buffalo
old world buffalo: any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e
water buffalo: Asiatic buffalo often domesticated for use as a draft animal
water buffalo: A water buffalo is an animal like a large cow with long horns that curve upwards. In some countries water buffalo are kept for their milk and are used to draw ploughs. = buffalo. 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 buffaloes water buffalo a large animal like a cow with long horns, used to work on farms in Asia. or Indian buffalo Any of three subspecies of oxlike bovid (species Bubalus bubalis). Two have been domesticated in Asia since the earliest recorded history. The animal is named for its ability to work on waterlogged land and in humid climates. The largest breeds stand 5-6 ft (1.5-1.8 m), is up to 9 ft (2.8 m) long, and may weigh over 2,000 lb (900 kg). The dull black or dark gray body has little hair. The horns spread outward and upward, measuring up to 7 ft (2 m) across. One subspecies, the swamp buffalo, is the principal draft animal of southern China and South and Southeast Asia. Another, the river buffalo, is used for dairy and meat production and draft work in southern and South Asia and Egypt. The third subspecies is the wild water buffalo, of which only a few dozen herds remain. It is larger than domestic buffaloes and is sometimes referred to as a separate species (B. arnee)
water buffalo: type of large mammal
water buffalo: The European buffalo