DCHP-3

musk buffalo

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a bovine ruminant, Ovibos moschatus, having characteristics of both the ox and the sheep but having shaggy, dark brown to black hair, found in the Arctic regions.

See: musk-ox(def. 1)

Quotations

1791
Keep for me one of the small musk buffalo horns in its natural state.
1812
The musk buffaloe, although very short limbed, is comparatively swift, daring and dangerous.