water ox

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wa′ter ox′. 

1. Mammals See water buffalo. 

• 1860–65

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water ox noun

1. another term for water buffalo

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ˈwa•ter ˌbuf•fa•lo, n. [countable]

1. Mammals an Asian buffalo with large, curved horns.

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wa′ter buf′falo, 

1. Mammals a buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, of the Old World tropics, having large, flattened, curved horns: wild populations are near extinction. Also called water ox. 

• 1885–90

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water buffalo, water ox noun

1. a member of the cattle tribe, Bubalus bubalis, of swampy regions of S Asia, having widely spreading back-curving horns. Domesticated forms are used as draught animals