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BLACK BUFFALO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black buffalo mean?
• BLACK BUFFALO (noun)
The noun BLACK BUFFALO has 1 sense:
1. fish of the lower Mississippi
Familiarity information: BLACK BUFFALO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fish of the lower Mississippi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
black buffalo; Ictiobus niger
Hypernyms ("black buffalo" is a kind of...):
buffalo fish; buffalofish (any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley)
Holonyms ("black buffalo" is a member of...):
genus Ictiobus; Ictiobus (buffalo fishes)
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