Cape buffalo Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) a large and powerful buffalo of South Africa (Bubalus Caffer). It is said to be the most dangerous wild beast of Africa. See Buffalo, 2.

Webster 1913