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1. Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
   - American bison, American buffalo, Bison bison
    
2. Meat from an American bison
    
3. Any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo
   - Old World buffalo

1. Intimidate or overawe

1. A city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls)

Derived forms: buffalo, buffalos, buffaloed, buffaloing, buffaloes

Type of: bison, bovid, city, cow, game, metropolis, overawe, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Bovidae, Empire State, family Bovidae, genus Bison, N.Y., New York, New York State, NY

Encyclopedia: Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway