buffalos

Variant of buffalo

buffalo definition

buf·falo (buf′ə lō′)

noun pl. buffaloes -·loes′, buffalo -·lo′, buffalos -·los′

  1. any of various wild oxen, sometimes domesticated, as the water buffalo of India or Cape buffalo of Africa
  2. ☆ popularly the American bison
  3. ☆ a robe made of buffalo skin
  4. ☆ buffalo fish

Etymology: It bufalo < LL bufalus, var. of bubalus, wild ox < Gr boubalos, buffalo, antelope < bous, ox, cow

transitive verb buffaloed -·loed′, buffaloing -·lo′·ing

Slang to baffle, bewilder, bluff, or overawe

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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