buffalo

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
  2. noun a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls)
  3. noun meat from an American bison

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish búfalo (“buffalo”), from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”). Doublet of bubale and buffle.

In classic literature

Synonyms

American bison, American buffalo, Bison bison

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