Bubalus

noun

Bu·​ba·​lus

ˈbyübələs

: a genus of Bovidae comprising the nearly hairless mud-wallowing buffaloes of Asia, certain large extinct relatives, and in some classifications the buffaloes of Africa

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Low GermanK boubalos buffalo, from Greek, an African antelope, probably from bous head of cattle

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