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WATER BUFFALO

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Asiatic buffalo; Bubalus bubalis; water buffalo; water ox

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("water buffalo" is a kind of...):

buffalo; Old World buffalo (any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water buffalo"):

Indian buffalo (upland buffalo of eastern Asia where true water buffaloes do not thrive; used for draft and milk)

carabao (water buffalo of the Philippines)

Holonyms ("water buffalo" is a member of...):

Bubalus; genus Bubalus; tribe Bubalus (in some classification systems included in genus Bos; water buffaloes)

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