a large animal of the cow family that has wide, curved horns. There are two types of buffalo, the African and the Asian. 水牛(分非洲水牛和亚洲水牛两种) see also water buffaloTopics Animalsc2a North American bison (= a large wild animal of the cow family that is covered with hair) Topics Animalsc2水牛(分非洲水牛和亚洲水牛两种)
Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably from Portuguese bufalo, from late Latin bufalus, from earlier bubalus, from Greek boubalos ‘antelope, wild ox’.