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Water buffalo   /wˈɔtər bˈəfəlˌoʊ/   Listen
Water buffalo

noun
1.
An Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal.  Synonyms: Asiatic buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, water ox.






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"Water buffalo" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Nile; world's sixth-largest cotton exporter; other crops produced include rice, corn, wheat, beans, fruit, vegetables; not self-sufficient in food for a rapidly expanding population; livestock - cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats; annual fish catch about 140,000 metric tons Illicit drugs: a transit point for Southwest Asian and Southeast Asian heroin and opium moving to Europe and the US; popular transit stop for Nigerian couriers; large domestic consumption ...
— The 1993 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... saw a large family of natives returning mournfully to their village from a neighbouring meadow, and on making inquiries was told that they had been to bury their water buffalo, which had just died after a faithful service ...
— Life and sport in China - Second Edition • Oliver G. Ready



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