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she-buffalo

she-buffalo noun: a female buffalo.

Noun

she-buffalo (plural she-buffaloes or she-buffalos or she-buffalo)

  1. A female buffalo.
    • An anti-aphrodisiac, suggested in Hindu erotological literature as a way for women to negate amatory challenges, is to bathe in the buttermilk of a she-buffalo.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 52
    • [W]ith the income, they buy more and better food, have bought two she-buffalo and two bullocks and have made improvements in their houses.1990, International Agricultural Development, volumes 10–13, Caversham, Reading, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17

she-buffalo meaning in Tamil and Kannada

she-buffalo in Tamil

பெண்ணெருமை

she-buffalo in Kannada

ಎಮ್ಮೆ

Forms of she-buffalo

pluralshe-buffaloes
pluralshe-buffalos
pluralshe-buffalo

Origin of she-buffalo

From she- + buffalo.

Questions about she-buffalo

What does she-buffalo mean?
She-buffalo means a female buffalo.
What is she-buffalo in Tamil?
She-buffalo in Tamil is பெண்ணெருமை. See She-buffalo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is she-buffalo?
She-buffalo is a noun.
What is the plural of she-buffalo?
The plural of she-buffalo is she-buffaloes.

Words near she-buffalo in the dictionary

  1. she-bagging
  2. she-bear
  3. she-bears
  4. she-bitch
  5. she-bitches
  6. she-buffalo
  7. she-buffaloes
  8. she-buffalos
  9. she-camel
  10. she-camels
  11. she-cat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: she-buffalo (page history and authors); she-buffalo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); she-buffalo (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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