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buf·fa·lo
ˈbə-fə-ˌlō 
plural buffalo or buffaloes also buffalos
often attributive
1
: any of several wild bovids: such as
a
b
c(1)
: bison
especially
: a large North American bison (Bison bison) that has a dense coat of dark brown fur with a shaggy mane on the head and lower neck, short hollow horns, and heavy forequarters with a large muscular hump over the shoulders and that formerly was abundant in North America but is now reduced to small populations of plains and prairies chiefly of the central U.S. and Canada : american bison compare european bison
(2)
: the flesh of the buffalo used as food
2
: any of several suckers (genus Ictiobus) found mostly in the Mississippi River valley
called also buffalo fish
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Examples of buffalo in a Sentence
Verb
I'm not some newcomer that you can buffalo with that nonsense.
in this debate I refuse to be buffaloed by a flurry of irrelevant issues
Recent Examples on the Web
Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
Another ancient carving depicting Yama, the God of Death, riding a buffalo was smuggled out of the sanctuary before it was confiscated and placed on display in San Francisco in 2021, park officials told Thai PBS World.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
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Noun
The name, Hillside, comes from Cerezo’s childhood neighborhood, while the logo — a buffalo head with a mountain in the background — is inspired by a local hill where a herd of buffalo once grazed and where Cerezo and his childhood friends rode dirt bikes.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
Another ancient carving depicting Yama, the God of Death, riding a buffalo was smuggled out of the sanctuary before it was confiscated and placed on display in San Francisco in 2021, park officials told Thai PBS World.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
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“Buffalo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buffalo. Accessed 3 Jun. 2024.
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Buffalo
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Buf·fa·lo
ˈbə-fə-ˌlō
city and port on Lake Erie and the Niagara River in western New York population 261,310
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