/ ˈbʌfələʊ; NAmE -loʊ/ noun ( pl. buf·falo or buf·faloes )
1.
a large animal of the cow family. There are two types of buffalo, the African and the Asian, which has wide, curved horns.
—see also water buffalo
2.
= bison
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: probably from Portuguese bufalo , from late Latin bufalus , from earlier bubalus , from Greek boubalos antelope, wild ox.