buffaloes
SayBUF-uh-lohzUS/ˈbʌf.ə.loʊz/UK/ˈbʌf.əl.əʊz/
- 1Plural of buffalo. Use it when you mean more than one of these animals.
The farmer's buffaloes pull the plow through the muddy rice fields.
We watched three buffaloes drinking at the river.
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- 2Third-person singular present of buffalo. Use it after he, she, it, or a name.
He always buffaloes the new players into doing his chores.
The bully buffaloes the younger kids with loud threats.
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buffaloes is a form of buffalo
buffalo, noun: A big animal with large horns, such as the Cape buffalo or the water buffalo. Full entry
- Spelling
- buffalo → buffaloes: add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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