Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the bubalus or buffalo.
- Resembling a buffalo; bovine: as, the bubaline group of antelopes: specifically applied to Alcelaphus bubalis, the bubaline antelope.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Resembling a buffalo.
- adjective (Zoöl.) the bubale.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Resembling or pertaining to a
buffalo .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or resembling a buffalo
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Examples
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There is first the enfranchisement of your steaming limbs from gaiter and shooting boot, buckskin and flannel; then the steeping of your sodden head in the pellucid depth, with bubaline snortings and expirations of satisfaction; then, as the first cold stream from the "tinpot" courses down your spine, what electric thrills start from a dozen ganglia and flush your whole nervous system with new life!
Behind the Bungalow Edward Hamilton Aitken 1880
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Rational Review 2009
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1887 OsW gazelline gazelle OW bubaline hartebeest giraffine giraffe 1901
emily_morine commented on the word bubaline
Like a water-buffalo.
December 8, 2006
whichbe commented on the word bubaline
A line that Bubba may not cross.
October 10, 2008