Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A large antelope (
Alcelaphus bubalis ) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible.
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- noun Any of several
North African antelopes of the genus Alcephus. - noun Any of several
African buffalos of the genusBubalus .
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Examples
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Now it happened on Easter day, when S. Mark sang mass, they assembled all and put a cord about his neck, and after, drew him throughout the city, and said: Let us draw the bubale to the place of bucale.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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And on the morn they put the cord about his neck and drew him like as they had done tofore and cried: Draw the bubale, and when they had drawn he thanked God and said:
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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Some interpreters, however, regard the name as designating the bubale, Antelope bubale, the "wild cow" of North
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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Probably denotes the Alcelaphus bubalis (the bubale or wild cow) of Barbary and North Africa.
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At the entrance to a far-off village, the hunters take the initiative of offering you - since you are a sinbo, a donsoba (a master hunter) - the shoulder of a slaughtered bubale.
Heraclitean Fire 2008
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C’est probablement une esp鑓e de gazelle, ou plut魌 un bubale.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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C'est probablement une espèce de gazelle, ou plutôt un bubale.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III Richard Hakluyt 1584
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