Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A hybrid, the result of a cross between the male of the water buffalo and the female of the domesticated yak. The dzo are kept for beasts of burden and for the milk yielded by the cows.

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  • noun A male hybrid of a yak and a domesticated cow.

Etymologies

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From Tibetan མཛོ (mdzo).

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  • What a dinky little word.

    October 9, 2007

  • A sort of Tibetan beefalo.

    January 4, 2012

  • Is that dzo?

    January 4, 2012