"anoa" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈnoʊə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-anoa.wav [Southern-England] Forms: anoas [plural]
Etymology: From Indonesian anoa. Etymology templates: {{der|en|id|anoa}} Indonesian anoa Head templates: {{en-noun}} anoa (plural anoas)
  1. Either of two related species of small Indonesian water buffalo similar in appearance to deer; Bubalus quarlesi or Bubalus depressicornis. Wikipedia link: anoa Categories (lifeform): Bovines Synonyms (small water buffalo): dwarf buffalo, midget buffalo, sapiutan Hyponyms (small water buffalo): lowland anoa (taxonomic: Bubalus depressicornis), mountain anoa (taxonomic: Bubalus quarlesi) Translations (small Indonesian water buffalo): 倭水牛 (wōshuǐniú) (Chinese Mandarin), anoa (Dutch), anoa (Finnish), anoa (French), Anoa (German), anoa (Hungarian), anoa (Indonesian), anua [masculine] (Irish), アノア (anoa) (Japanese), 山水牛 (yamasuigyū) (alt: やますいぎゅう) (Japanese), anoa (Malay), anoa [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), anoa [masculine] (Romanian), ано́а (anóa) [masculine] (Russian), anoa [masculine] (Spanish), anoa [common-gender] (Swedish)

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