buffalo
An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
Noun 3 meanings
An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
Verb 1 meaning
To hunt buffalo.
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish búfalo (“buffalo”), from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”). Doublet of bubale and buffle.
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BUFFALO at a glance
BUFFALO has 7 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (B 3 + U 1 + F 4 + F 4 + A 1 + L 1 + O 1) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,566 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with buffalo
All rhymes- HALO7
- CALO6
- ZOCALO17
- PEDALO9
- CEMBALO13
- ROBALO8
- BEEFALO12
- CYMBALO16
- BUMALO10
- BUMMALO13
- CATALO8
- CATTALO9
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