[buhf-uh-loh] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -loes, -los, (especially collectively) -lo, verb, -loed, -lo·ing. | 1. | any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo. |
| 2. | buffalo robe. |
| 3. | a buffalofish. |
| 4. | a shuffling tap-dance step. |
| 5. | to puzzle or baffle; confuse; mystify: He was buffaloed by the problem. |
| 6. | to impress or intimidate by a display of power, importance, etc.: The older boys buffaloed him. |
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| buf·fa·lo
(bŭf'ə-lō') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. buffalo or buf·fa·loes or buf·fa·los
tr.v. buf·fa·loed, buf·fa·lo·ing, buf·fa·loes
[Italian bufalo or Portuguese or Spanish búfalo, from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, antelope, buffalo, from Greek boubalos, perhaps from bous, cow; see gwou- in Indo-European roots.] Word History: The buffalo is so closely associated with the Wild West that one might assume that its name comes from a Native American word, as is the case with the words moose and skunk. In fact, however, buffalo can probably be traced back by way of one or more of the Romance languages through Late and Classical Latin and ultimately to the Greek word boubalos, meaning "an antelope or a buffalo." The buffalo referred to by the Greek and Latin words was of course not the American one but an Old World mammal, such as the water buffalo of southern Asia. Applied to the North American mammal, buffalo is a misnomer, bison being the preferred term. As far as everyday usage is concerned, however, buffalo, first recorded for the American mammal in 1635, is older than bison, first recorded in 1774. |
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| Buf·fa·lo
(bŭf'ə-lō') Pronunciation Key
A city of western New York at the eastern end of Lake Erie on the Canadian border. It is a major Great Lakes port of entry and an important manufacturing and milling center. Population: 280,000. Buf'fa·lo'ni·an adj. & n. |
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buffalo
| buffalo | |
noun | |
| 1. | large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains [syn: American bison] |
| 2. | a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls) |
| 3. | meat from an American bison |
| 4. | any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo [syn: Old World buffalo] |
verb | |
| 1. | intimidate or overawe |
Buffalo
City in western New York, on Lake Erie and the Niagara River.
Note: Niagara Falls is northwest of Buffalo.
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Buffalo Center, IA (city, FIPS 9280) Location: 43.38979 N, 93.94307 W
Population (1990): 1081 (507 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50424
Buffalo Valley, TN Zip code(s): 38548
Buffalo Ridge, SD Zip code(s): 57115
Buffalo Mills, PA Zip code(s): 15534
Buffalo Lake, MN (city, FIPS 8488) Location: 44.73670 N, 94.61766 W
Population (1990): 734 (310 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55314
Buffalo Junction, VA Zip code(s): 24529
Buffalo Hart, IL Zip code(s): 62515
Buffalo Grove, IL (village, FIPS 9447) Location: 42.16631 N, 87.96332 W
Population (1990): 36427 (13866 housing units)
Area: 20.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 60089
Buffalo Gap, SD (town, FIPS 8340) Location: 43.49258 N, 103.31379 W
Population (1990): 173 (78 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57722
Buffalo Gap, TX (town, FIPS 11128) Location: 32.28219 N, 99.83126 W
Population (1990): 499 (246 housing units)
Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Buffalo County, WI (county, FIPS 11) Location: 44.37861 N, 91.75244 W
Population (1990): 13584 (5586 housing units)
Area: 1772.9 sq km (land), 65.0 sq km (water)
Buffalo County, SD (county, FIPS 17) Location: 44.08396 N, 99.20058 W
Population (1990): 1759 (535 housing units)
Area: 1218.9 sq km (land), 43.6 sq km (water)
Buffalo County, NE (county, FIPS 19) Location: 40.85515 N, 99.07448 W
Population (1990): 37447 (14538 housing units)
Area: 2507.3 sq km (land), 18.8 sq km (water)
Buffalo, NY (city, FIPS 11000) Location: 42.88980 N, 78.85968 W
Population (1990): 328123 (151971 housing units)
Area: 105.2 sq km (land), 30.8 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 14201, 14202, 14203, 14204, 14206, 14207, 14208, 14209,
Buffalo, SC (CDP, FIPS 10090) Location: 34.72426 N, 81.68348 W
Population (1990): 1569 (648 housing units)
Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29321
Buffalo, SD (town, FIPS 8140) Location: 45.58609 N, 103.54301 W
Population (1990): 488 (240 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57720
Buffalo, WV (town, FIPS 11284) Location: 38.61317 N, 81.98130 W
Population (1990): 969 (415 housing units)
Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 25033
Buffalo, WY (city, FIPS 10685) Location: 44.34228 N, 106.71744 W
Population (1990): 3302 (1627 housing units)
Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 82834
Buffalo, ND (city, FIPS 10420) Location: 46.92143 N, 97.55029 W
Population (1990): 204 (108 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 58011
Buffalo, MT Zip code(s): 59418
Buffalo, MO (city, FIPS 9514) Location: 37.64428 N, 93.09434 W
Population (1990): 2414 (1167 housing units)
Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65622
Buffalo, MN (city, FIPS 8452) Location: 45.17698 N, 93.86854 W
Population (1990): 6856 (2608 housing units)
Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 3.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55313
Buffalo, KY Zip code(s): 42716
Buffalo, KS (city, FIPS 9150) Location: 37.70861 N, 95.69669 W
Population (1990): 293 (154 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 66717
Buffalo, IA (city, FIPS 9235) Location: 41.46025 N, 90.71819 W
Population (1990): 1260 (459 housing units)
Area: 14.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Buffalo, IL (village, FIPS 9434) Location: 39.84949 N, 89.40895 W
Population (1990): 503 (200 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Buffalo, WI (city, FIPS 11000) Location: 44.22352 N, 91.86936 W
Population (1990): 915 (447 housing units)
Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 10.1 sq km (water)
Buffalo, TX (city, FIPS 11116) Location: 31.46123 N, 96.06278 W
Population (1990): 1555 (750 housing units)
Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Buffalo, OK (town, FIPS 9850) Location: 36.83491 N, 99.62765 W
Population (1990): 1312 (655 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
New Buffalo, MI (city, FIPS 57220) Location: 41.79037 N, 86.74527 W
Population (1990): 2317 (1363 housing units)
Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
New Buffalo, PA (borough, FIPS 53320) Location: 40.45440 N, 76.97094 W
Population (1990): 145 (60 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Buffalo
Buf"fa*lo\, n.; pl. Buffaloes. [Sp. bufalo (cf. It. bufalo, F. buffle), fr. L. bubalus, bufalus, a kind of African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr. Gr. ? buffalo, prob. fr. ? ox. See Cow the animal, and cf. Buff the color, and Bubale.]1. (Zo["o]l.) A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A very large and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer) found in South Africa; -- called also Cape buffalo. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of wild ox. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The bison of North America. 5. A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below. 6. (Zo["o]l.) The buffalo fish. See Buffalo fish, below. Buffalo berry (Bot.), a shrub of the Upper Missouri (Sherherdia argentea) with acid edible red berries. Buffalo bird (Zo["o]l.), an African bird of the genus Buphaga, of two species. These birds perch upon buffaloes and cattle, in search of parasites. Buffalo bug, the carpet beetle. See under Carpet. Buffalo chips, dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for fuel. [U.S.] Buffalo clover (Bot.), a kind of clover (Trifolium reflexum and T.soloniferum) found in the ancient grazing grounds of the American bison. Buffalo cod (Zo["o]l.), a large, edible, marine fish (Ophiodon elongatus) of the northern Pacific coast; -- called also blue cod, and cultus cod. Buffalo fish (Zo["o]l.), one of several large fresh-water fishes of the family Catostomid[ae], of the Mississippi valley. The red-mouthed or brown (Ictiobus bubalus), the big-mouthed or black (Bubalichthys urus), and the small-mouthed (B. altus), are among the more important species used as food. Buffalo fly, or Buffalo gnat (Zo["o]l.), a small dipterous insect of the genus Simulium, allied to the black fly of the North. It is often extremely abundant in the lower part of the Mississippi valley and does great injury to domestic animals, often killing large numbers of cattle and horses. In Europe the Columbatz fly is a species with similar habits. Buffalo grass (Bot.), a species of short, sweet grass (Buchlo["e] dactyloides), from two to four inches high, covering the prairies on which the buffaloes, or bisons, feed. [U.S.] Buffalo nut (Bot.), the oily and drupelike fruit of an American shrub (Pyrularia oleifera); also, the shrub itself; oilnut. Buffalo robe, the skin of the bison of North America, prepared with the hair on; -- much used as a lap robe in sleighs.
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