Buffalo most commonly refers to:
- Various wild mammals of the Bovinae subfamily (bovines)
- Buffalo, New York, a U. The biological Subfamily bovines includes a diverse group of 10 species of medium to large sized Ungulates including domestic Cattle, Bison, Water Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. S. city
Buffalo may also refer to:
Bovines
- Buffalo, any of various wild oxen of the family Bovidae, suspected to be related to the Bubalus genus either directly or through the more distant Syncerus genus
- Mountain Anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)
- Bison, a genus that includes the American Bison (Bison bison), which is also known as the American Buffalo. A bovid is any of almost 140 species of Cloven-hoofed Mammals belonging to the family Bovidae. Bubalus is a genus of Bovines the English name of which is buffalo A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Anoa are a subgenus of buffalo comprising two species native to Indonesia: the Mountain Anoa ( Bubalus quarlesi) and the Lowland Anoa This is an article about an animal For other uses see Bison (disambiguation. The American bison ( Bison bison) is a Bovine Mammal, also commonly known as the American buffalo.
- White buffalo, bison that are white in color
- Wisent or European Buffalo (Bison bonasus)
- Gaur (Bos gaurus) sometimes called the Indian Buffalo. Alternate meanings White Buffalo (disambiguation American buffalo (technically Bison) are normally brown in color The wisent (ˈviːzənt or European bison ( Bison bonasus) is a Bison Species and the heaviest surviving land animal in Europe The gaur (ˈɡaʊɚ ( Bos gaurus, previously Bibos gauris) is a large dark-coated bovine animal of South Asia and Southeast Asia.
- African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), the buffalo native to Africa. The African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo ( Syncerus caffer) is a large African bovid.
Fish
Members of the freshwater fish genus Ictiobus, commonly known as "buffalo fish"
Plants
Places
United States
- Buffalo, New York
- Buffalo, Illinois
- Buffalo, Indiana
- Buffalo, Iowa
- Buffalo, Kansas
- Buffalo, Minnesota
- Buffalo, Missouri
- Buffalo, North Dakota
- Buffalo, Oklahoma
- Buffalo, South Carolina
- Buffalo, South Dakota
- Buffalo, Texas
- Buffalo, West Virginia
- Buffalo, Marquette County, Wisconsin
- Buffalo, Wyoming
- Buffalo County, Nebraska
- Buffalo County, South Dakota
- Buffalo County, Wisconsin
- Buffalo Grove, Illinois
- Buffalo Township, Minnesota
- Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania, one of four townships in Pennsylvania
- New Buffalo, Michigan
- Buffalo Gap National Grassland, a National Grassland located in South Dakota
- Buffalo Bayou, a main waterway flowing through Houston, Texas
- Buffalo River and Buffalo Creek, the name of several rivers
- Buffalo Central Terminal, a key railroad station from the 1920s through the 1970s
- Buffalo Bill's, a hotel and casino in Primm, Nevada
Canada
- Calgary Buffalo, an election district in Alberta, Canada
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Alberta, Canada. Ictiobus is a genus of freshwater fish known as buffalo fish. Sweet grass ( Anthoxanthum nitens) also known as Sweetgrass Holy grass buffalo grass Vanilla grass Manna grass Seneca grass Mary's grass Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of Flowering plants which is commonly known as the legume family, pea Buffalograss, or buffalo grass, ( Buchloe dactyloides) is a native North American prairie grass Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. Buffalo is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. Buffalo is a Census-designated place (CDP in White County, Indiana, United States. Buffalo is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1321 at the 2000 census Buffalo is a city in Wilson County, Kansas, United States. The population was 284 at the 2000 census. Buffalo is a city in and the County seat of Wright County, Minnesota, United States. Buffalo is a city in Dallas County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2781 at the 2000 census Buffalo is a city in Cass County, North Dakota in the United States. Buffalo is a town in Harper County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1200 at the 2000 census. Buffalo is a Census-designated place (CDP in Union County, South Carolina, United States. Buffalo is a town in Harding County, South Dakota, United States. NOTE This article is about the city in Leon County Texas A similarly named place exists in Henderson County Texas, the settlement of John H Buffalo is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. Buffalo is a town in Marquette County, Wisconsin, in the United States. Buffalo is a city in Johnson County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 3900 at the 2000 census. Buffalo County is a County located in the US state of Nebraska. Buffalo County is a County located in the US state of South Dakota. Buffalo County is a County located in the US state of Wisconsin. Buffalo is a town in Buffalo County in the US state of Wisconsin. Buffalo City is a city in Buffalo County in the US state of Wisconsin. Buffalo Grove is a village located in Northwest suburban Cook and Lake counties in Illinois, United States. Buffalo Township is the name of some places in the US state of Pennsylvania Buffalo Township Butler County Pennsylvania Buffalo Township Perry New Buffalo is a city in Berrien County in the US state of Michigan. Buffalo Buffalo Bayou is a main waterway flowing through Houston, in Harris County Texas, USA. Buffalo River can refer to Buffalo National River (Arkansas a tributary of the White River in the United States Buffalo River (Minnesota Buffalo Creek may refer to the following Waterways Buffalo Creek (Illinois Buffalo Creek (Allegheny River, Pennsylvania The New York Central Terminal in Buffalo New York, USA, was a key Railroad station from 1929 to 1979 Buffalo Bill's is a hotel and casino located in Primm Nevada, near the California - Nevada stateline Calgary Buffalo is a provincial Electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is a Buffalo jump located where the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains begin to rise from the Prairie 18 km northwest A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex
- Buffalo (province), a proposed province in Western Canada that would have encompassed what are now Alberta and Saskatchewan
South Africa
- Buffalo City Local Municipality, in the Eastern Cape Province
- Buffalo Park, a cricket ground in East London, Eastern Cape Province
- Buffalo River (South Africa), which formed part of the old border between Zululand and Natal
Elsewhere
Military units
- Buffalo (mine protected vehicle), a military vehicle that allows its operator to examine land mines safely
- HMS Buffalo, one of several British Royal Navy ships
- USS Buffalo, one of several United States Navy ships
- Buffalo Soldier, a nickname for several regiments of the United States Army
- Brewster Buffalo, or Brewster F2A, a U. The Province of Buffalo was a proposed Canadian province in the early 1900s Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 For the Buffalo City in Wisconsin see Buffalo City Wisconsin. Buffalo Park is a cricket ground in East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Mount Buffalo is a mountain plateau in Victoria ( Australia) 200 km northeast of Melbourne. The Buffalo mine protected vehicle built by Force Protection Inc is based on the successful South African Casspir mine -protected vehicle A number of ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Buffalo: ''Buffalo'' (1797, a 486 tons storeship launched as Fremantle Five ships of the United States Navy have been named Buffalo, the first after the large mammal, the others after the city of Buffalo New York Buffalo Soldiers is a Nickname originally applied to the members of the U WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout S. fighter plane which saw extensive service with both Allied and Axis air forces during World War II
- de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo, a V-STOL aircraft produced between 1964 to 1987
- Landing Vehicle Tracked (sometimes designated Buffalo or Water Buffalo), an amphibious vehicle used by Allied forces during World War II
Sports teams
- Buffalo Bisons (disambiguation), one of several sports teams from Buffalo, New York
- Buffalo Sabres, a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York
- Buffalo Bills, a professional American football team based in Buffalo, New York
- Colorado Buffaloes, or Buffs, the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Colorado
- South African national Australian rules football team, nicknamed the Buffaloes
- Buffalo Braves, an NBA basketball team, which changed its name to "Los Angeles Clippers"
- Vientiane Buffalos RUFC, a semi-pro rugby union football club from Vientiane, Lao P. The de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo is a short takeoff and landing ( STOL) utility transport a Turboprop version developed from the earlier piston-powered The Buffalo Sabres are a professional Ice hockey team based in Buffalo New York. The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo New York Metropolitan area, playing seven of their home games in the suburb The University of Colorado at Boulder sponsors 16 varsity sports teams The South African national Australian rules football team represent South Africa in the Sport of Australian rules football. The Vientiane Buffalos rugby football club (sometimes spelled Buffaloes) was founded in 1998 by Rugby union playing expatriates in the capital of Laos. D. R. , comprised mostly of expatriate players
- Wichita Southeast High School, whose mascot is the Buffalo. Southeast High School is an urban high school located in Wichita 's public school district USD 259
People
See Also: Chief Buffalo (disambiguation)
- Buffalo Bird Woman (1839–1932), Hidatsa author
- Buffalo Bill (1845–1917), an American soldier, buffalo hunter and showman
- Chief Buffalo (Gichi-weshki 1759-1855) Ojibwe leader
- White Buffalo (chief) (1862–1929), chief of the Northern Cheyenne
- Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance (1890–1932), journalist, soldier and Native American impostor
- Buffalo Bob Smith (1917–1998), host of the children's show Howdy Doody
- Black Buffalo Woman, the first wife of Crazy Horse
- Buffalo Calf Road Woman, Cheyenne heroine
- Buffalo Hump, Comanche leader
- Buffalo Six, six Yemeni-Americans convicted of supporting al-Qaeda
- Johnson W. Greybuffalo (born 1974), murderer
- Black Buffalo (1767-1823), Sioux leader
- Beshekee, (Buffalo) an Ojibwa chief of the Leech Lake Band
Other uses
Arts and entertainment
- Buffalo Man, the Jamiroquai album cover's character
- Buffalo (album), a live album by Frank Zappa
- Buffalo (band), a pioneering Australian heavy metal band
- Buffalo (drinking game), a drinking game especially popular in Iceland
- Buffalo ’66, a 1998 film by writer/director Vincent Gallo
- World's Largest Buffalo, a 60 ton sculpture of an American Bison located in Jamestown, North Dakota
- Grant Lee Buffalo, a 1990s rock band
- The Buffalos, a seven member musical collective from San Pedro, California
Computing
Transport
Other
- Buffalo wings, unbreaded chicken wing sections, deep-fried and coated in a spicy sauce
- Buffalo English, or Buffalonian, a variety of English found in Buffalo, New York
- Silver Buffalo Award, the Boy Scouts of America's highest commendation
- Buffalo is a Canadian retail chain
- Buffalo, a West London rude boy fashion trend, celebrated in Neneh Cherry's song "Buffalo Stance"
- Buffaloes, a term for Belgians who immigrated to the United States in the early 20th century, travelling through the city of Buffalo, New York on their way to Detroit and Chicago
- An archaic term for "pistol whip"
- The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, a fraternal organisation
Currency
- American Buffalo (coin), a one ounce 24-karat gold bullion coin introduced by the United States Mint on 22nd June 2006
- Buffalo nickel, an American nickel five-cent piece minted from 1913 to 1938
Clothing
- Buffalo (clothing), a brand of motorcycle clothing and accessories
- Buffalo by David Bitton, a brand of premium denim
- Buffalo Boots, a brand of shoe
- University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
- "Buffalo chest" in humans is bilateral pneumothoraces (American bison have a single pleural cavity). Buffalo Bird Woman (Maxidiwiac Waheenee, 1839?-1932 Buffalo Bird Woman was a Hidatsa who experienced the traditional life of her people in what is now the Fort Berthold William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26 1846 &ndash January 10 1917 was an American soldier bison hunter and Showman. Chief Buffalo ( Ojibwe: Ke-che-waish-ke / Gichi-weshkiinh – "Great-renewer" or Peezhickee / Bizhiki – "Buffalo" White Buffalo (1862- June 1929 was the chief of the Northern Cheyenne. Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance born Sylvester Clark Long ( December 1 1890 to March 20 1932) was an entertainer journalist actor Buffalo Bob Smith (born Robert Emil Schmidt ( November 27, 1917 – July 30, 1998) was the host of the popular children's show Black Buffalo Woman was Crazy Horse's love interest whom she had known since childhood Buffalo Calf Road Woman was a Northern Cheyenne woman who was the sister of a male Native American fighter who was involved in the Battle of Rosebud. Buffalo Hump (born c late 1790s to early 1800s - died 1870 was a Native American War Chief of the Penateka band of the Comanche Indians The Comanche are a Native American ethnic group whose range (the Comancheria) consisted of present-day eastern New Mexico, southern Colorado Buffalo Six (also known as Lackawanna Six, Lakawanna Cell, or Buffalo Cell) is a group of six Yemeni-Americans who were convicted of providing Johnson Wade Greybuffalo (born April 21, 1974) made nationwide news in the United States in 1994 when he committed a burglary that culminated in the This article is about the Ojibwe chief from Leech Lake For the Ojibwe chief from La Pointe see Kechewaishke. The Leech Lake Indian Reservation or Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag in the Ojibwe language, is located in the north-central Minnesota counties of Beltrami Buffalo Man is the name of the silhouette character featured on most of the covers of Jamiroquai 's releases Jamiroquai is a Grammy Award -winning English Acid jazz / Funk / soul band Buffalo is a live album by Frank Zappa, released in 2007 as a two-CD set Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director Buffalo was a proto- heavy metal band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1971 Buffalo ’66 is a 1998 Film, and is writer/director Vincent Gallo 's semi-autobiographical full-length Motion picture debut The " World's Largest Buffalo " is a sculpture of an American Bison located in Jamestown North Dakota at the Frontier Village Grant Lee Buffalo was a rock band based in Los Angeles California, consisting of Grant-Lee Phillips ( vocals and Guitar San Pedro is a beach community within Los Angeles California, USA Not to be confused with Mitsubishi Electric, which sometimes refers to itself as MELCO ( M itsubishi El ectric Co rporation Melco The Buffalo network-attached storage series are Network-attached storage devices sold around the world for example by US European and Japanese computer retailers and have The 68HC11 ( 6811 or HC11 for short is a 8-bit Microcontroller (µC family originally from Motorola now produced by Freescale Semiconductor Buffalo Airways is a family run charter and scheduled Airline based in Hay River Northwest Territories, Canada. The Buffalo was a United States Automobile manufactured from 1900 until 1902 The Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company was an American Electric car manufacturing company from 1912 until 1915 based in Buffalo New York. The ten Buffalo class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank Broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway Buffalo wings, chicken wings, hot wings or wings are Chicken wing sections (called Wings or "flats" and drummettes Buffalo English, sometimes colloquially referred to as Buffalonian, is the variety of English used in and around the U The Silver Buffalo Award is the national-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America. Rude boy, rudeboy, rudie, rudi or rudy were common terms for juvenile delinquents and criminals in 1960s Jamaica, and have since been Neneh Cherry (born Neneh Mariann Karlsson on March 10, 1964 in Stockholm) is a two-time Grammy Award -nominated and MTV Europe The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Pistol-whipping is the act of physically striking a person with the barrel or stock of a Handgun. The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes is a social and benevolent fraternal organisation open to men The American Buffalo, also known as a Gold Buffalo is a 24- karat Gold bullion Coin first offered for sale by the United States Mint The Indian Head nickel, also known as the Buffalo nickel, was an American nickel five-cent piece minted from 1913 to 1938 Buffalo is a brand of Clothing and accessories perhaps best known for its Footwear. State University of New York at Buffalo, commonly known as University at Buffalo (UB is a Coeducational public research University, which
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Dictionary
buffalo
-noun
- Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape Buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Buabalus bubalis.
- A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
- A buffalo robe.
- The buffalo fish.
-verb
- (transitive) To hunt buffalo.
- (US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
- (archaic, transitive) To pistol-whip.
Buffalo
-proper noun
- A city in New York State, very near Niagara Falls.
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