: the large reddish-brown to black wild buffalo (Syncerus caffer) of sub-Saharan Africa
called also African buffalo
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“Cape buffalo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cape%20buffalo. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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Cape buffalo
noun
: a large wild buffalo of Africa south of the Sahara
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