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Noun: water ox
  1. An Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal
    "water ox are essential for rice cultivation in many parts of Asia";
    - water buffalo, Asiatic buffalo, Bubalus bubalis

Derived forms: water oxen

Type of: buffalo, Old World buffalo

Part of: Bubalus, genus Bubalus, tribe Bubalus