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ANOA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anoa mean?
• ANOA (noun)
The noun ANOA has 1 sense:
1. small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns
Familiarity information: ANOA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
anoa; Anoa depressicornis; dwarf buffalo
Hypernyms ("anoa" is a kind of...):
buffalo; Old World buffalo (any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo)
Holonyms ("anoa" is a member of...):
genus Anoa (a genus of mammals of the family Bovidae)
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