| NOUN | animal | buffalo, American bison, American buffalo, Bison bison | large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains |
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| location | Buffalo | a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls) | |
| food | buffalo | meat from an American bison | |
| animal | buffalo, Old World buffalo | any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo | |
| VERB | emotion | buffalo | intimidate or overawe |
| Sounds | bah'fahlow. | |
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| Rhymes | afterglow ... yellow: 77 rhymes with low... | |
| Meaning | large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains. | |
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| Synonyms | American bison, American buffalo, Bison bison | |
| Member of | genus Bison | sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos |
| Parts | buffalo | meat from an American bison |
| Broader | bison | Any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns |
| Spanish | bisonte americano, bisonte, búfalo | |
| Catalan | bisó americà, bisó, Bison bison, búfal | |
| Adjectives | bubaline | relating to or resembling a buffalo / buffalo |
| Meaning | A city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls). | |
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| Instance of | city, metropolis, urban center | A large and densely populated urban area |
| Part of | New York, New York State, Empire State, NY, N.Y. | A Mid-Atlantic state |
| Spanish | Búfalo, Buffalo | |
| Catalan | Buffalo | |
| Meaning | meat from an American bison. | |
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| Part of | American bison, American buffalo, buffalo, Bison bison | large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains |
| Broader | game | The flesh of wild animals that is used for food |
| Spanish | búfalo, carne de búfalo | |
| Catalan | búfal, carn de búfal | |
| Meaning | Any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo. | |
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| Synonym | Old World buffalo | |
| Member of | Bovidae, family Bovidae | true antelopes |
| Narrower | Cape buffalo, Synercus caffer | large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns |
| anoa, dwarf buffalo, Anoa depressicornis | small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns | |
| tamarau, tamarao, Bubalus mindorensis, Anoa mindorensis | small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines | |
| water buffalo, water ox, Asiatic buffalo, Bubalus bubalis | An Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal | |
| Broader | bovid | hollow-horned ruminants |
| Spanish | búfalo | |
| Catalan | búfal | |
| Meaning | intimidate or overawe. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot buffalo Sue | |
| Broader | overawe, cow | subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe |
| Spanish | infundir temor | |
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