| 单词 | african buffalo |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAfrican buffalo African buffalo n. a heavily built buffalo, Syncerus caffer, characteristic of the savannahs of sub-Saharan Africa, the males of which have the horn bases fused into a bony shield; also called Cape buffalo.Several varieties, traditionally treated as subspecies, are now sometimes regarded as full species. ΚΠ 1784 P. H. Maty in New Rev. 6 371 These [plates] are sixteen in number, and consist of..the antelope sylvatica—bos cafer, or African buffalo—antelope pygargus [etc.]. 1843 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1841–3 1 291 The following constitute the donation of Dr. Goheen:..horn of an African Buffalo, tail of an African Elephant, [etc.]. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xiii. 170 We have had only two African buffaloes in the collection. One, from East Africa (Synoceros neumanni ),..and the other, from South Africa (Synoceros caffer). 2001 Y. Martel Life of Pi (2002) ix. 39 Fiddler crabs scurry when you're ten yards away..; African buffaloes react at seventy-five. < as lemmas |
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