Definitions for water buffalo

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

wa′ter buf`falo(n.)

  1. a widely domesticated Asian buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, having large, flattened, curved horns.

    Category: Mammals

Origin of water buffalo:

1885–90

Princeton's WordNet

  1. water buffalo, water ox, Asiatic buffalo, Bubalus bubalis(noun)

    an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal

Wiktionary

  1. water buffalo(Noun)

    A large ungulate, widely used as a domestic animal in Asia, South America. North Africa and Europe.

  2. water buffalo(Noun)

    A water tank mounted on a trailer to be towed by a motor vehicle.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Water buffalo(u)

    the European buffalo


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