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buffaloes

The correct spelling is buffaloes.

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noun

Say it like: Buf-fal-oes

The correct spelling is buffaloes. Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis.
  2. 2.A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
  3. 3.A buffalo robe.
  4. 4.The buffalo fish.

verb

  1. 1.To hunt buffalo.
  2. 2.To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
  3. 3.To pistol-whip.

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