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Anoa vs Anta - What's the difference?

anoa | anta |

As nouns the difference between anoa and anta

is that anoa is either of , being a small indonesian water buffalo similar in appearance to a deer while anta is (architecture) a kind of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.

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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    anta

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Anagrams

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