Japanese crossword «Buffalo»
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Enjoyed solving it - and the drawing was beautifully detailed.
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It's a very well done image, but for future reference folks; that's a bison, not a buffalo.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/59248/whats-difference-between-bison-and-buffalo
It's yet another example of early North American explorers misidentifying something and the name stuck. Despite what the "Home On the Range" song says about "where the buffalo roam," there are no buffalo in North America.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/59248/whats-difference-between-bison-and-buffalo
It's yet another example of early North American explorers misidentifying something and the name stuck. Despite what the "Home On the Range" song says about "where the buffalo roam," there are no buffalo in North America.
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@Femme_Appeal
From Oxford Languages:
buf·fa·lo
/ˈbəf(ə)ˌlō/
noun
noun: buffalo; plural noun: buffaloes; plural noun: buffalo; noun: African buffalo; plural noun: African buffaloes; noun: Cape buffalo; plural noun: Cape buffaloes; noun: dwarf buffalo; plural noun: dwarf buffaloes; noun: forest buffalo; plural noun: forest buffaloes; noun: buffalo fish; plural noun: buffalo fish; plural noun: buffalo fishes
1.
a heavily built wild ox with backswept horns, found mainly in the Old World tropics.
2.
the North American bison.
From Oxford Languages:
buf·fa·lo
/ˈbəf(ə)ˌlō/
noun
noun: buffalo; plural noun: buffaloes; plural noun: buffalo; noun: African buffalo; plural noun: African buffaloes; noun: Cape buffalo; plural noun: Cape buffaloes; noun: dwarf buffalo; plural noun: dwarf buffaloes; noun: forest buffalo; plural noun: forest buffaloes; noun: buffalo fish; plural noun: buffalo fish; plural noun: buffalo fishes
1.
a heavily built wild ox with backswept horns, found mainly in the Old World tropics.
2.
the North American bison.
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