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buf·fa·lo
ˈbə-fə-ˌlō 
plural buffalo or buffaloes also buffalos
often attributive
1
: any of several wild bovids: such as
a
b
c(1)
: bison
especially
: a large North American bison (Bison bison) that has a dense coat of dark brown fur with a shaggy mane on the head and lower neck, short hollow horns, and heavy forequarters with a large muscular hump over the shoulders and that formerly was abundant in North America but is now reduced to small populations of plains and prairies chiefly of the central U.S. and Canada : american bison compare european bison
(2)
: the flesh of the buffalo used as food
2
: any of several suckers (genus Ictiobus) found mostly in the Mississippi River valley
called also buffalo fish
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Examples of buffalo in a Sentence
Verb
I'm not some newcomer that you can buffalo with that nonsense.
in this debate I refuse to be buffaloed by a flurry of irrelevant issues
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April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 10 Oct. 2024
One of the lions may have sustained damage from a kick or a blow from a buffalo or zebra, which resulted in its inability to hunt normal prey efficiently, according to their research.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2020
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Noun
On stage will be six buffalo, some elk, stars -- Morning Star, Evening Star and Radiant Star -- an eagle that helped the Osage people come to earth, a swan and a water bird.
—April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 10 Oct. 2024
One of the lions may have sustained damage from a kick or a blow from a buffalo or zebra, which resulted in its inability to hunt normal prey efficiently, according to their research.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Verb
Eva has the senior management in our company completely buffaloed.
—Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2020
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“Buffalo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buffalo. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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Buffalo
geographical name
Buf·fa·lo
ˈbə-fə-ˌlō
city and port on Lake Erie and the Niagara River in western New York population 261,310
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