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catalo

catalo is the alternative form of cattelo.

Meaning of cattelo

Noun

cattelo (usually uncountable, plural cattelo or catteloes)

  1. (usually) A cross between domestic cattle and buffalo.
    • “They purposely crossed bison with domestic cattle to make a better beef animal,” which they called cattelo, said James Derr, a geneticist at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine.2007 January 9, Jim Robbins, “Strands of Undesirable DNA Roam With Buffalo”, in New York Times

Forms of catalo

pluralcataloes
pluralcatalo

Origin of catalo

Blend of cattle + buffalo.

Questions about catalo

What is catalo the alternative form of?
Catalo is the alternative form of cattelo.

Words near catalo in the dictionary

  1. catallactic
  2. catallactically
  3. catallactics
  4. catallaxies
  5. catallaxy
  6. catalo
  7. cataloes
  8. catalog
  9. catalogable
  10. cataloged
  11. cataloger

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catalo (page history and authors); cattelo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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