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TAMARAO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tamarao mean?
• TAMARAO (noun)
The noun TAMARAO has 1 sense:
1. small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines
Familiarity information: TAMARAO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anoa mindorensis; Bubalus mindorensis; tamarao; tamarau
Hypernyms ("tamarao" is a kind of...):
buffalo; Old World buffalo (any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo)
Holonyms ("tamarao" is a member of...):
Bubalus; genus Bubalus; tribe Bubalus (in some classification systems included in genus Bos; water buffaloes)
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