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buffalo, in zoology

(Encyclopedia)buffalo, name commonly applied to the American bison but correctly restricted to certain related African and Asian mammals of the cattle family. The water buffalo, or Indian buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, ...

Enam

(Encyclopedia)Enam ēˈnăm [key], in the Bible, city, SW ancient Palestine. ...

Gob

(Encyclopedia)Gob gŏb [key], in the Bible, town, SW ancient Palestine. ...

Azmon

(Encyclopedia)Azmon ăzˈmŏn [key], in the Bible, town of S ancient Palestine. ...

Cabbon

(Encyclopedia)Cabbon kăbˈŏn [key], in the Bible, town, SW ancient Palestine. ...

Beten

(Encyclopedia)Beten bēˈtĕn [key], in the Bible, village of N ancient Palestine. ...

Cimmerians

(Encyclopedia)Cimmerians sĭmērˈeənz [key], ancient people of S Russia of whom little is actually known. They are mentioned in Homer, but they emerge into history only in the 8th cent. b.c. when they were driven...

Malayan

(Encyclopedia)Malayan māˈlā [key], general term for one of a population of persons inhabiting SE Asia and the adjacent islands. The Malays vary greatly in physical appearance. The term Indonesian, used as an alt...

Gederoth

(Encyclopedia)Gederoth gēdēˈrŏth, gĕdˈə– [key], in the Bible, town, SW ancient Palestine. ...

Anab

(Encyclopedia)Anab āˈnăb [key], in the Bible, hill town, SW ancient Palestine. ...