BUBALUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bubalus mean? 

• BUBALUS (noun)
  The noun BUBALUS has 1 sense:

1. in some classification systems included in genus Bos; water buffaloes

  Familiarity information: BUBALUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUBALUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In some classification systems included in genus Bos; water buffaloes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bubalus; genus Bubalus; tribe Bubalus

Hypernyms ("Bubalus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Bubalus"):

Asiatic buffalo; Bubalus bubalis; water buffalo; water ox (an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal)

Anoa mindorensis; Bubalus mindorensis; tamarao; tamarau (small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines)

Holonyms ("Bubalus" is a member of...):

Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)