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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 pl…

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  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.
  2. n. A very large and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer) found in South Africa; -- called also Cape buffalo.
  3. n. Any species of wild ox.
  4. n. The bison of North America.
  5. n. A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below.
  6. n. The buffalo fish. See Buffalo fish, below.
  7. n. large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
  8. n. meat from an American bison
  9. n. any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo, Cape buffalo
  10. v. intimidate or overawe
  11. A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. bubalus), originallyfrom India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of theeastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox,and is fond of marshy places and rivers.