bubaline

1. 1.

   relating to or resembling a buffalo

Questions about bubaline

What does bubaline mean?

bubaline means "relating to or resembling a buffalo".

How many syllables are in bubaline?

bubaline has 3 syllables and divides as bu-ba-line under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is bubaline a common word?

bubaline is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.