: an often domesticated Asian buffalo (Bubalus bubalis synonym Bos bubalis)
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More than 500 of them, in fact, from native whitetail deer to yaks, scimitar oryx, and water buffalo.—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2025 True buffalo are native to the old world, which include the African buffalo and the Asian water buffalo.—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025 The Guardsmen, part of the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, will use a 400-gallon water buffalo to distribute water at a Tractor Supply location at 1695 Rock Street.—Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2025 Fishermen working off the coast of Taiwan long have dredged up the bones of ancient animals — elephants, water buffalo and hyenas — in their nets, relics of an ice age past when sea levels were lower and the ocean channel was a land bridge.—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for water buffalo
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