Associations to the word «Buffalo»

Pictures for the word «Buffalo»

Wiktionary

BUFFALO, noun. Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Buabalus bubalis.
BUFFALO, noun. A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
BUFFALO, noun. A buffalo robe.
BUFFALO, noun. The buffalo fish.
BUFFALO, verb. (transitive) To hunt buffalo.
BUFFALO, verb. (US) (slang) (transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
BUFFALO, verb. (archaic) (transitive) To pistol-whip.
BUFFALO, proper noun. A city in New York State, very near Niagara Falls.
BUFFALO, proper noun. A city in Wyoming.
BUFFALO BERRIES, noun. Plural of buffalo berry
BUFFALO BERRY, noun. Alternative spelling of buffaloberry
BUFFALO CHIPS, noun. (US) Dried dung of the buffalo or bison, used for fuel.
BUFFALO FISH, noun. Any of several North American freshwater sucker fishes of the genus Ictiobus, similar to carp but having a humped back.
BUFFALO GRASS, noun. Bouteloua dactyloides.
BUFFALO GRASS, noun. Hierochloe odorata, family Poaceae, sweetgrass.
BUFFALO GRASS, noun. Anthoxanthum odoratum, sweet vernal grass, vanilla grass.
BUFFALO GRASS, noun. Stenotaphrum secundatum, Saint Augustine grass.
BUFFALO GRASS, noun. Panicum maximum, Guinea grass.
BUFFALO JUMP, noun. (historical) A cliff over which buffalo were herded as a means of hunting them.
BUFFALO JUMPS, noun. Plural of buffalo jump
BUFFALO ROBE, noun. (US) (historical) A cured bison hide, with the hair left on, used as a blanket or wrap.
BUFFALO ROBES, noun. Plural of buffalo robe
BUFFALO SOLDIER, noun. (US) (military) (historical) An African-American soldier in the US Army, serving in one of a number of segregated units under white officers, in the period after the US Civil War up to the final racial integration of the US military, at the end of the Korean War.
BUFFALO SOLDIERS, noun. Plural of buffalo soldier
BUFFALO WING, noun. A snack made of a cooked chicken wing with spicy sauce.
BUFFALO WINGS, noun. Plural of buffalo wing

Dictionary definition

BUFFALO, noun. Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains.
BUFFALO, noun. A city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls).
BUFFALO, noun. Meat from an American bison.
BUFFALO, noun. Any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo.
BUFFALO, verb. Intimidate or overawe.

Wise words

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