beefalo

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If you're on the Atkins diet, you'll find a vendor with buffalo, beefalo and elk.

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  1. noun A hybrid that results from a cross between the American buffalo, or bison, and beef cattle and is typically 3/8 buffalo and 5/8 bovine. Beefalo yields leaner beef than conventional breeds of cattle. Also called cattalo.

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  • If you're on the Atkins diet, you'll find a vendor with buffalo, beefalo and elk. —  Greeley Tribune - Top Stories
  • Eligible livestock under LFP include beef cattle, alpacas, buffalo, beefalo, dairy cattle, deer, elk, emus, equine, goats, llamas, poultry, reindeer, sheep and swine. —  Delta Farm Press RSS Feed
 

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