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单词 water buffalo
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Definition of water buffalo in English:

water buffalo

noun
  • A large black domesticated buffalo with heavy swept-back horns, used as a beast of burden throughout the tropics.

    Genus Bubalus, family Bovidae: the domesticated B. bubalis, descended from the wild B. arnee, which is confined to remote parts of India and SE Asia

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, few families own more than a small number of cows, water buffalo, or yaks because the mountainous topography does not provide grazing land for large animals.
    • The bones, the scientists found, belonged to a species of water buffalo that probably lived between 10,000 and 100,000 years ago.
    • A water buffalo and a cow proved unwilling to be sacrificial animals and fled from the butcher's block, sparking confusion among locals.
    • Livestock (cattle, water buffalo, sheep, and goats) is also important and some land is used to grow fodder crops for these animals.
    • My friends and I took little-used routes to the outer edges of the valley to graze and mind our cows and water buffalo - the job of most rural kids.
    • It brings to mind one of those nature documentaries, where the wounded water buffalo desperately tries to fend off the hyenas circling in for the kill.
    • Brahma cows and water buffalo roamed the beaches where there are now posh condos and five star hotels.
    • They had figured out how to get milk out of water buffalo by breeding a new kind of water buffalo.
    • When compared with other domestic livestock, the water buffalo is generally a healthy animal.
    • They eat the meat of goats, sheep, water buffalo, and cows.
    • The hot spot is home to important populations of numerous large birds and mammals, including vultures, tigers, elephants, rhinos, and wild water buffalo.
    • Research veterinarians are experimenting with vaccines in animals to try to save 2 million cattle and water buffalo that die each year of rinderpest.
    • They are famous around the county for their collection of unusual breeds, beginning with water buffalo, then venison, and now wild boar.
    • Ranchers graze cattle and water buffalo on floodplain grasslands to produce meat and secondarily dairy products.
    • Although most families have a water buffalo or cow, these animals are rarely eaten except on ceremonial occasions, when an animal is sacrificed to please the spirits.
    • In Africa, the water buffalo is represented by the African or cape buffalo.
    • Common farm animals are cattle, water buffalo, horses, chickens, and, in non-Muslim areas, pigs.
    • That is how V. komodoensis routinely kill deer and pigs; one Komodo monitor even eviscerated a water buffalo!
    • But we very rarely argue the morality of the water buffalo that defends herself from the lioness with horn and hoof - we only seem to argue the point when we humans are involved.
    • But the rainy season is good news for some animals such as water buffalo and David's deer.
 
 

Definition of water buffalo in US English:

water buffalo

nounˈwɔdər ˌbəfəloʊ
  • A large black domesticated buffalo with heavy swept-back horns, used as a beast of burden throughout the tropics.

    Genus Bubalus, family Bovidae: the domesticated B. bubalis, descended from the wild B. arnee, which is confined to remote parts of India and Southeast Asia

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Research veterinarians are experimenting with vaccines in animals to try to save 2 million cattle and water buffalo that die each year of rinderpest.
    • But the rainy season is good news for some animals such as water buffalo and David's deer.
    • Livestock (cattle, water buffalo, sheep, and goats) is also important and some land is used to grow fodder crops for these animals.
    • The hot spot is home to important populations of numerous large birds and mammals, including vultures, tigers, elephants, rhinos, and wild water buffalo.
    • In Africa, the water buffalo is represented by the African or cape buffalo.
    • The bones, the scientists found, belonged to a species of water buffalo that probably lived between 10,000 and 100,000 years ago.
    • They had figured out how to get milk out of water buffalo by breeding a new kind of water buffalo.
    • My friends and I took little-used routes to the outer edges of the valley to graze and mind our cows and water buffalo - the job of most rural kids.
    • But we very rarely argue the morality of the water buffalo that defends herself from the lioness with horn and hoof - we only seem to argue the point when we humans are involved.
    • Brahma cows and water buffalo roamed the beaches where there are now posh condos and five star hotels.
    • That is how V. komodoensis routinely kill deer and pigs; one Komodo monitor even eviscerated a water buffalo!
    • It brings to mind one of those nature documentaries, where the wounded water buffalo desperately tries to fend off the hyenas circling in for the kill.
    • A water buffalo and a cow proved unwilling to be sacrificial animals and fled from the butcher's block, sparking confusion among locals.
    • They are famous around the county for their collection of unusual breeds, beginning with water buffalo, then venison, and now wild boar.
    • When compared with other domestic livestock, the water buffalo is generally a healthy animal.
    • Although most families have a water buffalo or cow, these animals are rarely eaten except on ceremonial occasions, when an animal is sacrificed to please the spirits.
    • They eat the meat of goats, sheep, water buffalo, and cows.
    • However, few families own more than a small number of cows, water buffalo, or yaks because the mountainous topography does not provide grazing land for large animals.
    • Common farm animals are cattle, water buffalo, horses, chickens, and, in non-Muslim areas, pigs.
    • Ranchers graze cattle and water buffalo on floodplain grasslands to produce meat and secondarily dairy products.
 
 
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