DCHP-3

plain(s) buffalo

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a species of buffalo (def. 2) native to the great plains, a smaller species than the wood buffalo.

Quotations

1890
The annual migration of the plain buffalo was at one time an interesting feature of its life and movement. . . .
1963
And can the decline be stopped or must the barren lands be swept clear of people, leaving the few remaining caribou to become a curiosity like the plains buffalo.