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Definition of cape buffalos in English English dictionary
- plural form of Cape buffalo
- Cape buffalo
- A large African bovid, Syncerus caffer
- 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
- Cape buffalo
- synercus
- cape buffalo
- large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns; mostly in game reserves
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