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anoa

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a⋅no⋅a

  [uh-noh-uh]
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–noun
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
Also called dwarf buffalo.

Origin:
1840–50; < Indonesian Malay < Makassarese anuang
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a·no·a   (ə-nō'ə)   
n.  A small buffalo (Bubalus or Anoa depressicornis) of Celebes and the Philippines, having short pointed horns.

[Native word in Sulawesi.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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