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Water buffalo of the Philippines
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carabao
Word definitions for carabao in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The carabao is a swamp-type domestic water buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis ) found in the Philippines . Water buffaloes were probably introduced to the Philippines by Malay immigrants around 300 to 200 BCE. It is considered the national animal of the Philippines. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A domesticated subspecies of water-buffalo, (taxlink Bubalus bubalis carabanesis subspecies noshow=1).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Carabao \Ca`ra*ba"o\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.) The water buffalo of the Philippines. [Phil. Islands]
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. water buffalo of the Philippines
Usage examples of carabao.
Then, in the cool of a morning, several men arrived with ploughs and carabaos, marched straight into the field, and began to plough up the newly-sprouted grain.
Blas turned back to guide his carabao before his little old home-made wooden plough.
Thirteen carabao constituted the cultivating power of the community and these, almost all, belonged to the cacique, a hard man who never failed to squeeze out the last ounce of service, the last copper in levy, that his victim could yield.
And whenever he could properly leave school, he trudged over to see his land, his planting, his carabao and him who walked in her footsteps.
If one of them steals a carabao, he will win, if he is rich, for the judges are Filipinos, and they will sell the case any time.