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buffalo | bowfin |

As a proper noun buffalo

is a city in new york state, very near niagara falls.

As a noun bowfin is

a voracious ganoid fish, amia calva , the last survivor of the order amiiformes, found in the fresh waters of the united states.

buffalo

English

Noun

  • Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, .
  • A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison .
  • A buffalo robe.
  • The buffalo fish.

    • Related terms

    * buffalo berry * buffalo bird * buffalo bug * buffalo clover * buffalo fly * buffalo gnat * water buffalo

    See also

    * *

    Verb

  • To hunt buffalo.
  • (US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
  • (archaic) To pistol-whip.

    • See also

    * on Wikipedia English nouns with irregular plurals

    bowfin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A voracious ganoid fish, Amia calva , the last survivor of the order Amiiformes, found in the fresh waters of the United States.

    • Synonyms

    * Johnny Grindle, dogfish, mudfish

    External links

    * (wikipedia "bowfin")