NYT Dictionary
BUFFALO
/ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ/NounVerbBUF-fa-lobuf-fa-lo · 3 syllablesGrade 2
Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2025
Meaning
An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
Etymology
Origin: Latin
Borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish búfalo (“buffalo”), from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”). Doublet of bubale and buffle.
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