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carabao

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ca⋅ra⋅ba⋅o

  [kahr-uh-bah-oh]
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–noun, plural -ba⋅os.
(in the Philippines) the water buffalo.
Origin:
1895–1900; < Philippine Sp < Bisayan karabáw
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car·a·bao   (kār'ə-bou', kä'rə-)   
n.   pl. car·a·baos
See water buffalo.

[Spanish, from Visayan karabáw, from Malay kerbau.]
water buffalo  
n.  A large buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) of Asia, often domesticated especially as a draft animal and having large spreading horns. Also called carabao, water ox.
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