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buffalo wing

buffalo wing noun: a snack made of an unbreaded, fried chicken wing coated in spicy sauce.

buffalo wing: a snack made of an unbreaded, fried chicken wing coated in spicy sauce
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Noun

buffalo wing (plural buffalo wings)

  1. A snack made of an unbreaded, fried chicken wing coated in spicy sauce.

Forms of buffalo wing

pluralbuffalo wings

Origin of buffalo wing

Buffalo + wing. From being a chicken wing dish invented in Buffalo, New York, USA.

Questions about buffalo wing

What does buffalo wing mean?
Buffalo wing means a snack made of an unbreaded, fried chicken wing coated in spicy sauce.
What part of speech is buffalo wing?
Buffalo wing is a noun.
What is the plural of buffalo wing?
The plural of buffalo wing is buffalo wings.

Words near buffalo wing in the dictionary

  1. buffalo soldiers
  2. buffalo thorn
  3. buffalo thorns
  4. Buffalo Trace
  5. buffalo turf
  6. buffalo wing
  7. buffalo wings
  8. buffalo worm
  9. buffalo worms
  10. buffalo-berries
  11. buffalo-berry

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