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buffalos

buffalos is the plural of buffalo.

Meaning of buffalo

Noun

buffalo (plural buffaloes or buffalos or buffalo)

  1. An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
    • "It must be a very wild stretch of country, and full of big game. I have always wanted to kill a buffalo before I die."1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    buffle
  2. A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
  3. The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
  4. (US, slang) A nickel.
  5. (US, historical, slang) A looter during the Civil War.
  6. (derogatory, slang) A large or stupid person.

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Phrases with buffalos

Questions about buffalos

What is buffalos the plural of?
Buffalos is the plural of buffalo.

Words near buffalos in the dictionary

  1. buffalograsses
  2. buffaloing
  3. Buffalonian
  4. Buffalonians
  5. buffalopox
  6. buffalos
  7. buffaloweed
  8. buffalypso
  9. buffant
  10. buffants
  11. buffarilla

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