beefalon.
/ˈbiːfələʊ/, U.S. /ˈbifəˌloʊ/ Chiefly U.S.
A cross-bred livestock animal that is three-eighths bison and five-eighths domestic cow.
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1974 National Observer (U.S.) 17 Aug. 8/2 Basolo discusses cross breeding of buffalo and beef cattle to produce hybrid beefalo.
1974 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 10 Dec. 17/4 D.C. (Buffalo Bill) Basolo believes his new king of the range—the beefalo—will soon be providing juicy steaks at low prices.
1976 Sci. Amer. Sept. 49/2 The objectives of the research should include..the establishment through genetic techniques of new species of animals (such as the beefalo).
1981 Animal Production 30 215/1 It is not known how the Beefalo breeder overcame the fertility problem described..as the limiting factor to the commercial development of Cattalo.
1986 New Yorker 8 Sept. 30/3 I was approached about having beefalo, but we wanted buffalo. Lots of people think it's an endangered species, but it's not.
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