Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of two species of small buffalo (Bubalus depressicornis or B. quarlesi) of Sulawesi, having short pointed horns.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [NL.] A genus of bovine ruminant quadrupeds of Celebes, originally taken for antelopes (see
anoine ), represented by the sapi-outan or “cow of the woods,” Anoa depressicornis, which is a kind of small wild buffalo, having straight low horns, thick at the base and set in line with the forehead. - noun [lowercase] The English name of the same animal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small wild ox of Celebes (
Anoa depressicornis ), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
Indonesian water buffalo , similar in appearance to adeer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Same with "anoa," which is a pygmy buffalo found in Indonesia.
The Seattle Times 2010
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Hunters set fires to facilitate hunting of anoa, creating montane meadows.
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Two species of anoas, or dwarf buffaloes, are endemic to the forests of Sulawesi: the lowland anoa (Bubalus depressicornis, EN) and the mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi, EN).
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These endemic species include the endangered mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi) and crested macaque (Macaca nigra) and the vulnerable babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa) and Sulawesi montane long-nosed squirrel (Hyosciurus heinrichi).
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The crested macaque, moor macacque, and lowland anoa are considered endangered.
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Although the young are thickly covered with yellowish-brown woolly hair, the mountain anoa adults tend to have curly hair, while lowland anoa have straight hair or are hairless.
6 Wild Banteng 1983
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The mountain anoa is smaller than its lowland counterpart.
6 Wild Banteng 1983
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Most of the northern, eastern, and southeastern peninsulas and the central area of Sulawesi are still forested and have anoa populations, and there are several large nature reserves to protect them.
6 Wild Banteng 1983
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But the study expanded to include other possibly useful but obscure bovines of Asia: the madura (a hybrid between banteng and cattle), gaur, mithan, kouprey, anoa, tamaraw, yak, and yakows-hybrids formed by crossing yaks with cattle.
Chapter 3 1983
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The lowland anoa (Bubalus depressicornis) and the mountain anoa
6 Wild Banteng 1983
ruzuzu commented on the word anoa
Is cow of the woods anything like chicken of the trees?
June 18, 2012