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cattalo

UK/ˈkæt.əl.əʊ/US/ˈkæt.ə.loʊ/

cattalo 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 cattalo

pluralcattalos
pluralcattaloes

Origin of cattalo

Blend of cattle + buffalo

Questions about cattalo

What is cattalo the alternative form of?
Cattalo is the alternative form of cattelo.
How do you pronounce cattalo?
Cattalo is pronounced /ˈkæt.əl.əʊ/ (UK).

Words near cattalo in the dictionary

  1. cattabus
  2. Cattai
  3. cattail
  4. cattails
  5. Cattal
  6. cattalo
  7. cattaloes
  8. cattalos
  9. cattamaran
  10. cattamarans
  11. Cattanach

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cattalo (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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