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Definition of Tamarau
1. Noun. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
Generic synonyms: Buffalo, Old World Buffalo
Group relationships: Bubalus, Genus Bubalus, Tribe Bubalus
Definition of Tamarau
1. Noun. A small, dark brown buffalo, ''Bubalus mindorensis'', found only on Mindoro in the Philippines ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tamarau
1. a small buffalo of the Philippines [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamarau
Literary usage of Tamarau
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philippines Past and Present by Dean Conant Worcester (1914)
"The tamarau sleeps during the day, almost invariably lying down in the densest
of jungle growth, facing back upon its own trail. ..."
2. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1892)
"... people—one tamarau—flew hither through space from a district called Arorangi;
and as I do not know of the existence of any such place in New Zealand, ..."
3. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1903)
"I do not, however, believe that it was from the latter place that tamarau Hew,
because he need not have done so ; he could have walked the few miles he ..."
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