buffalo

English Thesaurus

1. any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bovid,
definition	:	hollow-horned ruminants (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	asiatic buffalo, bubalus bubalis, water buffalo, water ox,
definition	:	an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	anoa, anoa depressicornis, dwarf buffalo,
definition	:	small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	anoa mindorensis, bubalus mindorensis, tamarao, tamarau,
definition	:	small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	cape buffalo, synercus caffer,
definition	:	large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns; mostly in game reserves (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	bovidae, family bovidae,
definition	:	true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats (noun.animal)

2. large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bison,
definition	:	any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	buffalo,
definition	:	meat from an American bison (noun.food)

member meronym	:	genus bison,
definition	:	sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo (noun.animal)

3. meat from an American bison (noun.food)

hypernym	:	game,
definition	:	the flesh of wild animals that is used for food (noun.food)

part meronym	:	american bison, american buffalo, bison bison, buffalo,
definition	:	large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains (noun.animal)

4. a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls) (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	city, metropolis, urban center,
definition	:	a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (noun.location)

part meronym	:	empire state, new york, new york state, ny,
definition	:	a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies (noun.location)

5. intimidate or overawe (verb.emotion)

hypernym	:	cow, overawe,
definition	:	subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) (verb.emotion)