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bubaline

[byoo-buh-lahyn, -lin]

adjective

(of antelopes) resembling or like the bubal, as the hartebeests or blesbok.

pertaining to or resembling the true buffaloes.

Origin:
1820–30; < Latin būbalīnus. See bubal, -ine¹

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bubaline (ˈbjuːbəˌlaɪn, -lɪn)

—*adj*
1.	(of antelopes) related to or resembling the bubal
2.	resembling or relating to the buffalo

[C19: from New Latin, from Latin būbalus; see bubal]

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