CAPE BUFFALO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cape buffalo mean? 

• CAPE BUFFALO (noun)
  The noun CAPE BUFFALO has 1 sense:

1. large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns; mostly in game reserves

  Familiarity information: CAPE BUFFALO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPE BUFFALO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns; mostly in game reserves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cape buffalo; Synercus caffer

Hypernyms ("Cape buffalo" is a kind of...):

buffalo; Old World buffalo (any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo)

Holonyms ("Cape buffalo" is a member of...):

genus Synercus; Synercus; tribe synercus (Cape buffalo)