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TAMARAU

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ta⋅ma⋅rau

  [tah-muh-rou, tam-uh-]
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–noun
a small wild buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) mindorensis, of Mindoro in the Philippines, having thick, brown hair and short, massive horns.
Also, tamarao, timarau.

Origin:
1895–1900; < Tagalog
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tam·a·rau also tam·a·rao   (tām'ə-rou')   
n.   pl. tam·a·raus also tam·a·raos
A small, grayish black, short-horned buffalo (Bubalus mindorensis) of the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, closely related to the anoa.

[Tagalog tamaráw.]
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