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buffalo-skin

buffalo-skin adjective: made from buffalo leather or hide.

Adjective

buffalo-skin (not comparable)

  1. Made from buffalo leather or hide.

Noun

buffalo-skin (countable and uncountable, plural buffalo-skins)

  1. (uncountable) Leather made from buffalo hide.
  2. (countable) The hide, whether tanned or not, of one buffalo.
  3. (countable) An article of clothing manufactured from buffalo-skin. Often constructed in the plural.

Forms of buffalo-skin

pluralbuffalo-skins

Origin of buffalo-skin

From buffalo + skin.

Questions about buffalo-skin

What does buffalo-skin mean?
Buffalo-skin means made from buffalo leather or hide.
What part of speech is buffalo-skin?
Buffalo-skin can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near buffalo-skin in the dictionary

  1. buffalo-bur nightshade
  2. buffalo-bur nightshades
  3. buffalo-burr
  4. buffalo-burrs
  5. buffalo-burs
  6. buffalo-skin
  7. buffalo-skins
  8. buffaloback
  9. buffaloberries
  10. buffaloberry
  11. buffalobur

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