she-buffalo

English

Etymology

From she- +‎ buffalo.

Noun

she-buffalo (plural she-buffaloes or she-buffalos or she-buffalo)

  1. A female buffalo.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 52:
      An anti-aphrodisiac, suggested in Hindu erotological literature as a way for women to negate amatory challenges, is to bathe in the buttermilk of a she-buffalo.
    • 1990, International Agricultural Development, volumes 10–13, Caversham, Reading, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17:
      [W]ith the income, they buy more and better food, have bought two she-buffalo and two bullocks and have made improvements in their houses.
    • 2020, Kenneth R. Valpey, “Milk”, in Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series), Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, chapter 4 (Surveying the Cow Care Field), page 128:
      In the rainy season, autumn, and early winter, cows and she-buffaloes are to be milked twice per day; […]
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