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bubaline

[ byoo-buh-lahyn, -lin ]

adjective

  1. (of antelopes) resembling or like the bubal, as the hartebeests or blesbok.
  2. pertaining to or resembling the true buffaloes.


bubaline

/ ˈbjuËbəˌlaɪn; -lɪn /

adjective

  1. (of antelopes) related to or resembling the bubal
  2. resembling or relating to the buffalo
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bubaline1

From the Latin word ²úÅ«²ú²¹±ôÄ«²Ô³Ü²õ, dating back to 1820–30. See bubal, -ine 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bubaline1

C19: from New Latin, from Latin ²úÅ«²ú²¹±ô³Ü²õ ; see bubal
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There is first the enfranchisement of your steaming limbs from gaiter and shooting boot, buckskin and flannel; then the steeping of your sodden head in the pellucid depth, with bubaline snortings and expirations of satisfaction; then, as the first cold stream from the “tinpot†courses down your spine, what electric thrills start from a dozen ganglia and flush your whole nervous system with new life! 

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