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cattaloes

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cat⋅ta⋅lo

[kat-l-oh]
–noun, plural -loes, -los.
beefalo.

Origin:
1885–90; b. cattle and buffalo

beef⋅a⋅lo

[bee-fuh-loh]
–noun, plural -loes, -los, (especially collectively) -lo for 1.
1. a hybrid animal that is 3/8 to 3/32 buffalo, the remaining genetic component being domestic cow, bred for disease resistance and for meat with low fat content.
2. the meat of such an animal.
Also called cattalo.


Origin:
1970–75; b. beef and buffalo
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cat·ta·lo also cat·a·lo   (kāt'l-ō')   
n.   pl. cat·ta·loes also cat·a·loes or cat·ta·los also cat·a·los
See beefalo.

[catt(le) + (buff)alo.]
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