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Water buffalo of the Philippines
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carabao
Word definitions for carabao in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. water buffalo of the Philippines
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Carabao is a domesticated swamp type water buffalo found in the Philippines and Guam. Carabao may also refer to: Carabao Island, Cavite , a small island in Manila Bay in the Philippines Carabao Island, Romblon , sole island municipality of San Jose, Romblon, ...
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]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A domesticated subspecies of water-buffalo, (taxlink Bubalus bubalis carabanesis subspecies noshow=1).
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.