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    WATER BUFFALO

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    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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