BUFFALO
buffalo
(noun) meat from an American bison
Buffalo
(noun) a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls)
buffalo
(verb) intimidate or overawe
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Buffalo
A city, the county seat of Erie County, New York, very near Niagara Falls.
A city, the county seat of Wright County, Minnesota.
A city, the county seat of Dallas County, Missouri.
A town, the county seat of Harper County, Oklahoma.
A town, the county seat of Harding County, South Dakota.
A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Wyoming.
Etymology
Noun
buffalo (plural buffaloes or buffalos or buffalo)
Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis.
A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
A buffalo robe.
The buffalo fish.
Verb
buffalo (third-person singular simple present buffaloes, present participle buffaloing, simple past and past participle buffaloed)
(transitive) To hunt buffalo.
(US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
(archaic, transitive) To pistol-whip.
Source: Wiktionary
Buf"fa*lo, n.; pl. Buffaloes (. Etym: [Sp. bufalo (cf. It. bufalo, F.
buffle), fr. L. bubalus, bufalus, a kind of African stag or gazelle;
also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr. Gr. Cow the animal, and cf. Buff
the color, and Bubale.]
1. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. bubalus), originally
from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the
eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox,
and is fond of marshy places and rivers.
2. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: A very large and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer)
found in South Africa; -- called also Cape buffalo.
3. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: Any species of wild ox.
4. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: The bison of North America.
5. A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below.
6. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: The buffalo fish. See Buffalo fish, below. Buffalo berry
(Bot.), a shrub of the Upper Missouri (Sherherdia argentea) with acid
edible red berries.
– Buffalo bird (Zoƶl.), an African bird of the genus Buphaga, of
two species. These birds perch upon buffaloes and cattle, in search
of parasites.
– Buffalo bug, the carpet beetle. See under Carpet.
– Buffalo chips, dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for fuel.
[U.S.] -- Buffalo clover (Bot.), a kind of clover (Trifolium reflexum
and T.soloniferum) found in the ancient grazing grounds of the
American bison.
– Buffalo cod (Zoƶl.), a large, edible, marine fish (Ophiodon
elongatus) of the northern Pacific coast; -- called also blue cod,
and cultus cod.
– Buffalo fish (Zoƶl.), one of several large fresh-water fishes of
the family CatostomidƦ, of the Mississippi valley. The red-mouthed or
brown (Ictiobus bubalus), the big-mouthed or black (Bubalichthys
urus), and the small-mouthed (B. altus), are among the more important
species used as food.
– Buffalo fly, or Buffalo gnat (Zoƶl.), a small dipterous insect of
the genus Simulium, allied to the black fly of the North. It is often
extremely abundant in the lower part of the Mississippi valley and
does great injury to domestic animals, often killing large numbers of
cattle and horses. In Europe the Columbatz fly is a species with
similar habits.
– Buffalo grass (Bot.), a species of short, sweet grass (BuchloĆ«
dactyloides), from two to four inches high, covering the prairies on
which the buffaloes, or bisons, feed. [U.S.] -- Buffalo nut (Bot.),
the oily and drupelike fruit of an American shrub (Pyrularia
oleifera); also, the shrub itself; oilnut.
– Buffalo robe, the skin of the bison of North America, prepared
with the hair on; -- much used as a lap robe in sleighs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition