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Recent Examples on the Web By contrast, a charming early 15th-century ink painting by Sekkyakushi suggests a gentler approach: A boy astride a water buffalo appears to be steering a beast that is as wayward as the mind—not by yanking on the reins, but with a gentle prod. — Lee Lawrence, WSJ, 11 May 2022 Scrap metal was valuable, so villagers hauled away most of the plane’s wreckage on carts drawn by water buffalo. — New York Times, 24 May 2022 Sekkyakushi’s painting of a boy on a water buffalo alludes to the 10 stages of ox herding, an allegory used to teach students about taming an unruly mind. — Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022 The island is known for its herds of water buffalo. — Lucy Sherriff, CNN, 23 Mar. 2022 Buffalo mozzarella is a type of mozzarella that's made from water buffalo milk. — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 16 Jan. 2022 His childhood practice of drawing it daily paid off: the sketch shows a remarkable level of detail including winding paths, houses and highways -- even a label showing where the water buffalo lived. — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 3 Jan. 2022 These dragons are carnivores and scavengers, eating anything from rodents to water buffalo – and even their own species, the Smithsonian Zoo says. — Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2021 Nimmi is a twentysomething nomadic woman — originally part of a Himalayan nomadic tribe that migrates up and down the mountains with their sheep, goat and water buffalo. — Denise Davidson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2021 See More

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“Water buffalo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20buffalo. Accessed 16 Aug. 2022.

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