Definition of Buffalo

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Buffalo

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.

A very large and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer) found in South Africa; -- called also Cape buffalo.

Any species of wild ox.

The bison of North America.

A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below.

The buffalo fish. See Buffalo fish, below.

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Buffalo Quotations

Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now they threaten to take that from us also.
Sitting Bull

My mother always told me not to handle a buffalo by its tail, but always catch it by its horns. And I have used that lesson in everything in my life, including the Railways.
Lalu Prasad Yadav

We were now back at Smith Landing, and fired with a desire to make another Buffalo expedition on which we should have ampler time and cover more than a mere corner of the range.
Ernest Thompson Seton

Though so trifling, the success of our first Buffalo hunt gave us quite a social lift.
Ernest Thompson Seton

The buffalo isn't as dangerous as everyone makes him out to be. Statistics prove that in the United States more Americans are killed in automobile accidents than are killed by buffalo.
Art Buchwald

I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track.
Buffalo Bill

The audience, upon learning that the real Buffalo Bill was present, gave several cheers between the acts.
Buffalo Bill

I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.
Dan Fogelberg

Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked.
Zebulon Pike

Why if I had half a chance, I could make an entire movie using this stock footage. The story opens on these mysterious explosions. Nobody knows what's causing them, but it's upsetting all the buffalo. So, the military are called in to solve the mystery.
Ed Wood

Buffalo Translations

buffalo in Afrikaans is buffel
buffalo in Dutch is buffel, karbouw
buffalo in French is bubale
buffalo in Swedish is buffel, bison

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