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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
beefalo
 
SYLLABICATION:beef·a·lo
PRONUNCIATION:  bf-l
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. beefalo or beef·a·los or beef·a·loes
A hybrid that results from a cross between the American buffalo, or bison, and beef cattle and is typically 3/8 buffalo and 5/8 bovine. Beefalo yields leaner beef than conventional breeds of cattle. Also called cattalo.
ETYMOLOGY:Blend of beef and buffalo.
 
 
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