american buffalo

1. 1.

   large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

   SynonymsAmerican bisonbuffaloBison bison

   Broaderbison

   Part ofgenus Bison

   Partsbuffalo

Questions about american buffalo

What does american buffalo mean?

american buffalo means "large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains".

What is another word for american buffalo?

Close synonyms include American bison, buffalo, Bison bison. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american buffalo a common word?

american buffalo is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.