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buffel

Pronunciation: /ˈbʏ.fəl/

“buffel” is a Dutch word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. a buffalo, one of some mammals of the subfamily Bovinae, especially of the genus Bubalus or species Syncerus caffer

Etymology

From Middle Dutch buffel, from Old French buffle, from Italian bufalo (archaic buffalo), from Latin bubalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos).

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