Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BUFF'A-LO, n. [It. and Sp. bufalo; Fr. buffle; L. bubalus.]

The Bubalus, a species of the bovine genus, originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the Eastern Continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers. The name is also applied to wild oxen in general, and particularly to the Bison of North America. [See Bison.] – Cyc. Cuvier.