buffalo
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
Types & categories
- bison hypernym
Parts & wholes
- genus Bison member holonym
- buffalo part meronym
Sense 2 verb
intimidate or overawe
Types & categories
- cow hypernym
Sense 3 noun
meat from an American bison
Types & categories
- game hypernym
Parts & wholes
- buffalo part holonym
Sense 4 noun
any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo
Types & categories
- bovid hypernym
- water buffalo hyponym
- anoa hyponym
- tamarau hyponym
- Cape buffalo hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Bovidae member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | genus Bison |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | buffalo |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bison |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cow |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | buffalo |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | game |
| 4 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Bovidae |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | bovid |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | water buffalo |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | anoa |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | tamarau |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Cape buffalo |