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Anoa vs Anna - What's the difference?

anoa | anna |

As nouns the difference between anoa and anna

is that anoa is either of species: Bubalus quarlesi or species: Bubalus depressicornis, being a small Indonesian water buffalo similar in appearance to a deer while anna is a unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or 1/16 rupee.

As a proper noun Anna is

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anoa

English

(wikipedia anoa)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Either of , being a small Indonesian water buffalo similar in appearance to a deer.
  • * 1998 , Jane Whitten, Tropical Wildlife of Southeast Asia , page 16,
  • Anoas' need undisturbed forest and cannot adapt to logged areas. The bad-tempered '''anoa''' with its sharp short horns is greatly feared, but in spite of this it is periodically suggested as a potential domestic animal. Anyone who has met with an ' anoa ridicules this idea.
  • * 2000 , Michael Alvard, The Impact of Traditional Subsistence Hunting and Trapping on Prey Populations: Data from Wana Horticuluralists of Upland Central Sulwesi, Indonesia'', John G. Robinson, Elizabeth L. Bennett (editors), ''Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests , page 223,
  • The Celebes pig and, to a lesser degree, the anoa were the focus of the Wana's large game interests.
  • * 2011 , Colin Groves, Peter Grubb, Ungulate Taxonomy , unnumbered page,
  • They reported seeing mountain anoa' trophies for sale, and also a living captive animal, in the Toraja highlands; probable lowland '''anoas''' in the Gunung Tangkoko National Park on the N tip of Sulawesi, and evidence of both kinds of ' anoas in or near the Dumoga-Bone National Park.

    Usage notes

    The two species may constitute a subgenus of Bubalus . See (wikipedia "anoa")

    Synonyms

    * (small water buffalo) dwarf buffalo, midget buffalo, sapiutan

    Hyponyms

    * (small water buffalo) lowland anoa

    See also

    * (Bubalus) * (Bubalus) *

    Anagrams

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    anna

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or 1/16 rupee.
  • Anagrams

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