Buffalo vs. Ox

Buffalonoun

Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis.

Buffalonoun

A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.

Buffalonoun

A buffalo robe.

Buffalonoun

The buffalo fish.

Buffaloverb

(transitive) To hunt buffalo.

Buffaloverb

To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.

Buffaloverb

To pistol-whip.

Buffalonoun

A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (Bubalus bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers.

Buffalonoun

A very large and savage species of the same genus (Syncerus Caffer syn. Bubalus Caffer) found in South Africa; - called also Cape buffalo.

Buffalonoun

Any species of wild ox.

Buffalonoun

The bison of North America.

Buffalonoun

A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below.

Buffalonoun

The buffalo fish. See Buffalofish, below.

Buffalonoun

large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

Buffalonoun

a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls)

Buffalonoun

meat from an American bison

Buffalonoun

any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo

Buffaloverb

intimidate or overawe

Oxnoun

An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus).

Oxnoun

Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef.

Oxnoun

The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animal when castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so. The word is also applied, as a general name, to any species of bovine animals, male and female.

Oxnoun

an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus

Oxnoun

any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos

Oxnoun

a domesticated bovine animal kept for milk or meat; a cow or bull

Oxnoun

a castrated bull used as a draught animal

Oxnoun

used in names of wild animals related to or resembling a domesticated ox, e.g. musk ox.

Ox

An ox (plural oxen), also known as a bullock (in BrE, AusE& IndE), is a male bovine trained and used as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration inhibits testosterone and aggression, which makes the males docile and safer to work with.