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noun. Any of several large African and Asian ruminant mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the water buffalo and the African buffalo.

noun. The North American bison.

noun. The flesh of the North American bison, used as food.

noun. Any of several North American suckers of the genus Ictiobus, having a dark body and an arched back.

transitive verb. To intimidate or frighten, as by a display of authority.

transitive verb. To confuse or deceive.

noun. See buffalo-pea.

noun. A ruminant mammal of the family Bovidæ, the best-known species of which is the Bubalus buffelus or Bos bubalus, larger than the ox and with stouter limbs, originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern hemisphere.

noun. A name given to various wild oxen, or Bovinæ, and particularly to the bison of North America, Bison americanus. See bison.

noun. A buffalo-robe.

noun. A buffalo-fish.

noun. A leather hamper used for carrying bobbins.

noun. plural [capitalized] In United States history, a name given by their opponents to those members of the Locofoco or Equal Rights party who in 1836 accepted the overtures of the regular Democratic organization (Tammany) toward a coalition.

noun. plural A nickname given to the dwellers on the coast of North Carolina.

noun. A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (Bubalus 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.

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

noun. Any species of wild ox.

noun. The bison of North America.

noun. A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below.

noun. The buffalo fish. See Buffalofish, below.

noun. a shrub of the Upper Missouri (Sherherdia argentea) with acid edible red berries.

noun. an African bird of the genus Buphaga, of two species. These birds perch upon buffaloes and cattle, in search of parasites.

noun. the carpet beetle. See under Carpet.

noun. dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for fuel.

noun. a kind of clover (Trifolium reflexum and Trifoliumsoloniferum) found in the ancient grazing grounds of the American bison.

noun. a large, edible, marine fish (Ophiodon elongatus) of the northern Pacific coast; -- called also blue cod, and cultus cod.

noun. a small dipterous insect of the genus Simulium, allied to the black fly of the North. It is often extremely abundant in the lower part of the Mississippi valley and does great injury to domestic animals, often killing large numbers of cattle and horses. In Europe the Columbatz fly is a species with similar habits.

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noun. a species of short, sweet grass (Buchloë dactyloides), from two to four inches high, covering the prairies on which the buffaloes, or bisons, feed.

noun. the oily and drupelike fruit of an American shrub (Pyrularia oleifera); also, the shrub itself; oilnut.

noun. the skin of the bison of North America, prepared with the hair on; -- much used as a lap robe in sleighs.

noun. Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Buabalus bubalis.

noun. A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.

noun. A buffalo robe.

noun. The buffalo fish.

verb. To hunt buffalo.

verb. To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.

verb. To pistol-whip.

verb. intimidate or overawe

noun. meat from an American bison

noun. any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo

noun. a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls)

noun. large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

"Inside the barn Ron sequesters the water buffalo from the goats with a big blue farm gate that leads into the loafing room."

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